Descent from the Cross

Unknown Rhenish, German

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2nd half of 16th century

Oil on panel

Sight: 48 7/16 × 21 5/16 in. (123 × 54.2 cm)

Panel: 49 × 22 3/16 in. (124.5 × 56.3 cm)

Frame: 54 7/8 × 27 3/4 in. (139.4 × 70.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Helen Wolff

P.986.1

Geography

Place Made: Germany, Europe

Period

1400-1600

Object Name

Painting

Research Area

Nazi-Era Provenance Research

Painting

Not on view

Course History

ARTH 43, Northern Renaissance Art, Jane Carroll, Winter 2012

HIST 96.39, Saints and Material Devotion, Cecilia Gaposchkin, Fall 2021

History 96.39, Saints and Relics, Cecilia Gaposchkin, Spring 2024

Provenance

With a "Munich art dealer," mid-1920s; sold to Kurt Wolff (1887-1963), date unknown; bequeathed to his wife Helen Wolff (1906-1994), 1963; given to present collection, 1986.

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