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[The descent from the cross by torchlight]
Bisson Frères- Date
- 1858
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Reproduction of an etching by Rembrandt depicting The body of Christ being lowered from the cross immediately after his death. A stretcher covered by a cloth rests in the foreground as several men help to carry his body.
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