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DiaporamaThe Descent from the Cross
91.0 x 72.0 cm
The Master of the Holy Blood, an uninventive and repetitive artist who appears to have been trained in Antwerp and to have settled in Bruges, takes his name from a Lamentation altarpiece in the Heilig Bloedmuseum, Bruges. The center panel of the present work is a late reflection of a lost but often copied Descent from the Cross by Rogier van der Weyden. To this essentially fifteenth-century composition have been added wings with individual saints that show the influence of the early-sixteenth-century Antwerp painter, Quentin Massys. There is in-painting along several vertical splits and joins which had separated, particularly in the center panel.
master of the holy blood (? – ?)
Master of the Holy Blood: Dutch painter known for dramatic religious scenes & portraits, including 'Lucretia' & 'The Descent from the Cross'. Explore his legacy!
About this artwork
- Title: The Descent from the Cross
- Artist: master of the holy blood
- Original dimensions: 91.0 x 72.0 cm
- Format: Panoramic
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Main color: Phthalo Green
- Color intensity: Monochromatic
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