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Descent from the Cross
Descent from the Cross

Descent from the Cross

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
undated
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink on tan antique laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 35.3 x 21.4 cm (13 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number20.809
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLower left in brown ink: PP Rubens FProvenanceThomas Hudson (1701-1779) Lugt 2432; Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Lugt 2445/6; Lawrence K. Brooke, 1872; Henry Adams; Mrs. Henry P. Quincy; sold to MFA June 1920
St. Gregory the Great
Unidentified artist, Spanish, 17th century
The Virgin and Child
Maria Theresa Coriolano
1630 or after
Adam and Eve
Unidentified artist
Battle of the Horatii
Giulio Romano
about 1538
Penitent Magdalen
Domenico Piola
late 17th–early 18th century
Battle Scene
Unidentified artist, German, 16th century
Neptune Standing on a Chariot (Ceiling design)
Johan Carl Loth
mid-17th–late 17th century
Starboard Quarter-Gallery of English Man-o'-War
Willem van de Velde the Elder
mid-17th century
Architectural Design (Piazza with Open Colonnade)
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)