A woman in a dark blue dress lies on the ground while Nicodemus and (*) Joseph of Arimathea hold a man's body in a painting by Roger van der Weyden.
Jan Gossart's depiction of this scene features a castle in the left background and an irregularly shaped central object, which can also be seen in a painting by Rosso Fiorentino. An Arabic man in pink seems to hover above the ground under the central object in the Limbourg brothers' depiction of it, while Jacopo Pontormo's Mannerist version features two young women holding a man with red hair. A woman in a dark blue dress lies on the ground while Nicodemus and (*) Joseph of Arimathea hold a man's body in a painting by Roger van der Weyden. Common elements of this scene include a large white cloth and ladders, which people use to reach and secure the central figure, who is usually covered in blood. Peter Paul Rubens created several versions of, for 10 points, what common scene which depicts a certain religious figure being taken down shortly after his death by crucifixion?
Jan Gossart's depiction of this scene features a castle in the left background and an irregularly shaped central object, which can also be seen in a painting by Rosso Fiorentino.
The {Descent} from the {Cross} or The {Deposition} of {Christ}