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Medieval gold-ground painting of Christ's body being taken down from the cross, with haloed mourners in red and dark robes around the ladder.

De kruisafneming

A gold-ground panel painting shows the body of Christ being lowered from the cross by a bearded man on a ladder, while a mourning woman in red supports him and other haloed figures grieve around. A kneeling man in the lower right pulls at a nail with pincers, and the cross beam and architectural details frame the scene.

Artist
anoniem
Date
1290
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3896 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1290.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: El descendimiento de la cruz

Una pintura sobre tabla con fondo dorado muestra el cuerpo de Cristo siendo bajado de la cruz por un hombre barbado subido a una escalera, mientras una mujer de rojo lo sostiene y otras figuras con halo lloran alrededor. Un hombre arrodillado en la parte inferior derecha saca un clavo con unas tenazas.

Português: A descida da cruz

Uma pintura sobre painel com fundo dourado mostra o corpo de Cristo sendo retirado da cruz por um homem barbudo sobre uma escada, enquanto uma mulher de vermelho o ampara e outras figuras com auréola lamentam ao redor. Um homem ajoelhado no canto inferior direito puxa um prego com um alicate.

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