Passion of Christ: Deposition (descent from cross). Weyden, Rogier van der (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after) [painter] c. 1555 Tapestry Dimensions: H " x W " Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Mme. Camille Lelong [Laurentine-Françoise Bernage] coll., Paris; sold by J. [Jacques] Seligmann & fils, Paris, Nov. 1902. Jules S. Bach coll., sold, Kende Gallery (at Gimbels) 4/19-21/1945. French & Co. purchased from Blumka Gallery 6/15/1945. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on cross
Passion of Christ: Deposition (descent from cross). Weyden, Rogier van der (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ) (designed after) [painter] c. 1555 Tapestry Dimensions: H " x W " Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Mme. Camille Lelong [Laurentine-Françoise Bernage] coll., Paris; sold by J. [Jacques] Seligmann & fils, Paris, Nov. 1902. Jules S. Bach coll., sold, Kende Gallery (at Gimbels) 4/19-21/1945. French & Co. purchased from Blumka Gallery 6/15/1945. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on cross: YNRI [=Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum] Christ is taken down from cross by SS. Nicodemus & Joseph of Arimathaea with Virgin Mary nearby; landscape in background Tapestry is possibly a fragment. It is also heavily restored (Cavallo). This tapestry is based on a painting by Rogier van der Weyden which was previously located in the Sigmaringen Collection in Europe (Stock sheet). Tapestry is framed in GCPA: 0239258, 0244548 (Dimitrova). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 77573 [also lists: 43572] Göbel, Wandteppiche I:2 (1923), Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry (with borders & in reverse), GCPA 0238499-0238500
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