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The Deposition

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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This panel comes from the altarpiece Ugolino made for the church of Santa Croce in Florence – it was in the predella (’step', the lowest part of an altarpiece). Three other panels from this predella are in the National Gallery’s collection. The dead Christ is being removed from the Cross. One man removes the nails from Christ’s feet; blood from his wounds has pooled on the ground below. He may be Nicodemus, who is mentioned in John’s Gospel as having come to the Cross with spices to anoint Christ’s body. The man on the ladder is probably Joseph of Arimathea, who removed Christ from the Cross, according to Luke’s Gospel. Christ’s limp body is caught by his mother, the Virgin Mary, who embraces him, placing her face against his.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

The Deposition

Date

about 1324-5

Medium

Tempera on poplar

Measurements

H 40.5 x W 58.5 cm

Accession number

NG3375

Acquisition method

Presented by Henry Wagner, 1918

Work type

Painting

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