. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. ntends the execu-tion mounted on a whitehorse, only a portion ofwhich is seen. To theleft guards are bringingforward the two man in a blue cap,whose features bear somelikeness to those of thepainter himself, clasps thelower part of the cross,and looks pityingly at thepierced and bleeding feetof the Divine the centralgroup is a confused crowdof soldiers, women, priests,and curious subject is clearly ex-pressed in its more salientfeatures, and the stronglyilluminated figure of Christ is in striking cont
. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. ntends the execu-tion mounted on a whitehorse, only a portion ofwhich is seen. To theleft guards are bringingforward the two man in a blue cap,whose features bear somelikeness to those of thepainter himself, clasps thelower part of the cross,and looks pityingly at thepierced and bleeding feetof the Divine the centralgroup is a confused crowdof soldiers, women, priests,and curious subject is clearly ex-pressed in its more salientfeatures, and the stronglyilluminated figure of Christ is in striking contrast with the mysteriousgloom of the background. In the Descent from the Cross, the central group of which wereproduce, the body of Christ has just been detached ; His head,convulsed with agony, falls upon His shoulder. A man, leaning overone of the arms of the cross, holds up the winding-sheet on which fourpersons standing below support the body. The precious burden, droop-ing, mangled and inert, is received with tender respect. On the ground. FRAGMENT FROM THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS. 1633 (Munich Pinacothek). SERIES OF PICTURES ON THE PASSION 121 below the disciples and the holy women arrange the draperies for Hisburial, or press forward to aid the Virgin, who falls fainting intothe arms of the Magdalene. A man with a gray beard, in a turban, ? HHpl^^^o ?I ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H^l \ ^1 ^^ m ^^^BPilp Sk-J^ ^^H ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^P^^ r m Wfm^^-^m^^M ^M ^^^^^I^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B^K^^^HB? ? i K I IHHa^rj^BI ^^Bh ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I^Sj^^^^^^^Bi ^^ ^ 3 ^i^^i^^i ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H^^R If 1 ftj fm-^JF^^^hI ^H i^^^^^^H^tf ii B^ ^?^H i^^^^^^^^^m:^^ W / T M^ It- -^M^-J^tti B^l I^^^^^^^^^^^^Km^^^MmM I ^^; &^^ rai^.^^^^^^^B ^H^l I^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^HErTT^v-^ t^^BSfi gLi W#;SH| ^^^H ^^^^^^^^^^P^ f Jtl^ll m Iff ^^1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H^ ^B^n^JT H fl r ^K^^ y Bi ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^?Hp^^r .^^H^t A JH tell . *w^H ^BH^^^^M^pp , .^?^^HkX |||^> i Urn :?.,
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