The Descent from the Cross
Peter Paul Rubens, 1617, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
‘The Descent from the Cross’ is a work by Peter Paul Rubens (Flanders/Belgium, 1577–1640). It is dated 1617. It is part of the collection Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.
It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 425 × 295 cm. The work belongs to the genre religious art. The things depicted include Jesus Christ, Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimathea, and John the Apostle.
The catalogue has 249 more works by Peter Paul Rubens.