The Descent from the Cross Artist: Jan Gossaert

The Descent from the Cross (detail), circa 1520, Artist: Jan Gossaert. A stooping Joseph of Arimathea holds Christ's crown of thorns. Gossaert (c1478-1532) is usually seen as the founder of the Romanist art movement, the first group of Flemish painters to be influenced by the Italian Renaissance. From the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

1520 Arimathea C1520 Crucifixion Descent Gossaert Hermitage Influenced Lowering Magdalene Painters Sacrifice Stooping Thorns Usually

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