The Descent from the Cross; the central panel of a triptych painting by Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640)

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The Descent from the Cross; the central panel of a triptych painting by Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640). Oil on Panel; 1612–1614. The painting is the second of Rubens's great altarpieces for the Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, Belgium, along with The Elevation of the Cross. The subject was one Rubens returned to again and again in his career. This particular work was commissioned on September 7, 1611, by the Confraternity of the Arquebusiers, whose Patron Saint was St. Christopher. Rubens was born in Siegen in Germany, but from the age of 10 he lived and went to school in Antwerp, Belgium, where he became an important Flemish Artist.

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