In one painting of this scene, tiny crossbows appear in the spandrels to honor the guild of crossbowmen in Leuven that commissioned it. A busy-looking, complex version of this scene painted for the Pinacoteca Comunale di Volterra is the masterpiece o
In one painting of this scene, tiny crossbows appear in the spandrels to honor the guild of crossbowmen in Leuven that commissioned it. A busy-looking, complex version of this scene painted for the Pinacoteca Comunale di Volterra is the masterpiece of Rosso Fiorentino. An almost-complete lack of scenery and a crowd of people dressed in pale pinks and blues characterize the painting of this scene by Jacopo Pontormo. A number of visibly weeping people, including Mary of Cleophas pressing a cloth to her eyes, appear in the version of this scene by (*) Rogier van der Weyden. A man at the top of a ladder holds a shroud in his teeth in the most famous version of this scene, painted as an altarpiece for an Antwerp church by Peter Paul Rubens. For 10 points, identify this recurring Biblical scene in which Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea lower the body of Christ to the ground.
In one painting of this scene, tiny crossbows appear in the spandrels to honor the guild of crossbowmen in Leuven that commissioned it.
The Descent from the Cross [or The Deposition from the Cross]