Descent from the Cross
Unknown Rhenish, German
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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