The Descent from the Cross

1572

Orazio de Santis

Artist, Italian, active 1568 - 1584

Pompeo Cesura

Artist After, Italian, died 1571

Orazio de Santis after Pompeo Cesura

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.2 x 24.2 cm (10 11/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 27.5 x 24.3 cm (10 13/16 x 9 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.162.17

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 8, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jean Boman? (Lugt 1417). (Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 15, 1976; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Pompeo Aglano inventor / Horat. d. s. Agl. fec. 1572; by later hand, center verso in red chalk: 4; by later hand, across lower verso in graphite: N. P36615 fine impression

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