The Descent from the Cross

The Descent from the Cross

c. 1485 · Italy

Tempera on panel

¶ And after this, Ioseph of Arimathea (being a disciple of Iesus, but secretly for feare of the Iewes) besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Iesus, and Pilate gaue him leaue: he came therefore, and tooke the body of Iesus.
JOHN 19:38 · KJV 1611 · READ THE CHAPTER

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection

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