The deposition from the Cross

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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 41,2 x 29,1 cm

Inventory numberNMH 1091/1863

AcqusitionTransferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum (Carl Gustaf Tessin)

Other titlesTitle (sv): Nedtagningen från Korset Title (en): The deposition from the Cross Inventory title (sv): Christi grafläggning

DescriptionDescription: Heavily worn and torn, damp stains, white stains in the centre. Former folded. Laid down. On verso of lining in black ink: L Carrache (Tessin?) Numbered at lower right in pen and brown ink: 918 (Sparre, struck out) and 920a. Inscribed at lower right in pen and brown ink; doute (??) and numbered 1 Catherine Loisel considers this drawing to be a work by Ludovico from c. 1584 when Annibale prepared a painting with the same subject for the Capucin church in Parma (1585). She compares it with a sheet at Christ Church, Oxford, and another, showing a Depostion of Christ with Saints, in Statens museum for kunst, Copenhagen, which she similarly attributes to Ludovico. Catherine Johnston feels that this attribution is convincing [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 1444]

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Geographical origin

MaterialInk, Paper, Red crayon (Crayon)

TechniqueDrawing, Wash drawing

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