The Deposition
c. 1550
Artist, French, 1485 - c. 1570
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 30 × 21 cm (11 13/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
sheet (irreg.): 38.5 × 25.7 cm (15 3/16 × 10 1/8 in.) -
Accession
1951.10.440
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Catalogue Raisonné
Eisler 1979, no. 37, State ii/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
D'Arenberg Collection, Brussels and Westphalia (Lugt 567). (William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1951; gift to NGA, 1951.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1965
Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 51.
1966
Masters of Etching and Engraving from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, 1966, no. 65.
1967
Master Prints on Biblical Themes, Sloan Galleries at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, 1967, no cat.
Bibliography
1979
Eisler, Colin. The Master of the Unicorn: The Life and Work of Jean Duvet. New York: Abaris Books,1979.
Inscriptions
"IOHA / NNES / DV /VET / FAC" recto, on plate, double-tablet at lower left. "ROGAVIT PILATVM IOSEPH / AB ARIMATHIA VT TOLLERET / CORPVS IESV ET PERMISIT / PILATVS IOH 19" recto, on plate, on plaque at lower center. "6" recto, upper right margin, brown ink, unknown hand. "No. 8" recto, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "5" recto, lower right margin, unknown hand. "4" [illeg?] recto, lower right margin, brown ink, unknown hand. "No. 8" verso, lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
Collection d'Arenberg (Lugt 567) verso, lower left margin, blue stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, lower left margin, black stamped ink. "LJR" verso, lower left margin, black stamped ink.
Wikidata ID
Q65359621