The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 28, 2023

Descent from the Cross

1600s

Anonymous

Flanders, 17th century

Black chalk or crayon, and brush and brown wash, with traces of red chalk heightened with white gouache; framing lines in black ink (bottom)

Support: Laid paper laid down on beige(1) laid paper

Sheet: 42.5 x 28.1 cm (16 3/4 x 11 1/16 in.); Secondary Support: 42.5 x 28.1 cm (16 3/4 x 11 1/16 in.)

Gift of the family of Constance Mather Bishop 1993.223

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, upper left, in graphite: 2[45?]6 ; lower center, in black ink: Rubens ; lower right, in graphite: A. F. [erased] Callet ; lower right, in graphite: 3759

Provenance
Robert Prioleau Roupell, London (Lugt 2234, lower left, inscribed in brown ink). Constance Mather Bishop, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1993.223