The Deposition from the Cross

Title

The Deposition from the Cross

Draughtsman

• Federico Barocci

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance
• early Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• opaque white
• chalk
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• white heightening
• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Central Italian

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet auf dem Montierungsbogen mittig unterhalb der Zeichnung (mit der Feder in Schwarzbraun): Celeberrimæ apud Perusinos Tabulæ miranda præcogitatio; darunter mittig in der Kartusche: FRED. BAROCCII / opus insigne
Unten rechts Stempel der Sammlung Pierre-Jean Mariette, Paris (Lugt 2097); verso auf dem Montierungsbogen unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ
• Mary
• Joseph of Arimathea
• Nicodemus

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 15,42–47
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 23,50–56
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 19,38–40

Primary

• 73D711 Christ is taken down from the cross (one arm of Christ still nailed to the cross)
• 73D625 bystanders at the foot of the cross, among whom Mary, Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist; Mary may be shown swooning