Descent from the Cross, early 16th centur, Oak, polychromy
and gilding (60.3 x 28.6 x 12.1 cm) ■
Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea remove Christ’s body from the cross. The
carving, once part of an altarpiece, repeats a composition established by the
Netherlandish painter Rogier van der Weyden ■Metropolitan
Museum of Art (New York)