Descent from the Cross & Lamentation of Christ in Art Photos

Artists have portrayed the Descent from the Cross and the Lamentation of Christ. Some include a visit to Limbo before Resurrection.

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Lamentation under the Cross painting as Apostle John consoles Virgin Mary by Lucas Cranach the Elder at Alte Pinakothek. Munich, Germany.Descent from Cross painting by Heinrich Lengerich at Pomeranian State Museum. Greifswald, Germany.Descent from the cross mural in Chapterhouse at Fontevraud Abbey. Fontevraud, France.Wood carving of descent from cross from church of St Mary of Taüll at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain.
Lamentation under the Cross painting (1503) as Apostle John consoles Virgin Mary by Lucas Cranach the Elder at Alte Pinakothek. Munich, Germany.Descent from Cross painting (1825) by Heinrich Lengerich at Pomeranian State Museum. Greifswald, Germany.Descent from the cross mural in Chapterhouse at Fontevraud Abbey. Fontevraud, France.Wood carving of descent from cross from church of St Mary of Taüll (13thC) at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain.
Descent from the Cross painting by Colijin de Coter at Angers Fine Arts Museum. Angers, France.Descent from the Cross painting by Anthony van Dyck at Alte Pinakothek. Munich, Germany.Lamentation of Christ painting by Hans Baldung Grien at Berlin Gemaldegalerie. Berlin, Germany.Lamentation painting attrib. Quinten Metsys of Netherlands at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX.
Descent from the Cross painting (early 16thC) by Colijin de Coter at Angers Fine Arts Museum. Angers, France.Descent from the Cross painting by Anthony van Dyck at Alte Pinakothek. Munich, Germany.Lamentation of Christ painting (c1516) by Hans Baldung Grien at Berlin Gemaldegalerie. Berlin, Germany.Lamentation painting (c1520) attrib. Quinten Metsys of Netherlands at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX.
Lamentation of Christ painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.Lamentation of Christ painting by Jacopo Tintoretto & studio at Wallraf-Richartz Museum. Köln, Germany.Lamentation of Christ painting by Anthony van Dyck at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.Lamentation of Christ painting by Albrecht Dürer at Alte Pinakothek. Munich, Germany.
Lamentation of Christ (1538) painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.Lamentation of Christ painting (c1575) by Jacopo Tintoretto & studio at Wallraf-Richartz Museum. Köln, Germany.Lamentation of Christ painting (c1634-40) by Anthony van Dyck at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.Lamentation of Christ painting by Albrecht Dürer at Alte Pinakothek. Munich, Germany.
Pietà by Filippino Lippi of Florence at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Pieta painting by Vittorio Crivelli of Venice at University of Arizona Museum of Art. Tucson, AZ.Pieta painting by Anselm Feuerbach at Schackgalerie. Munich, Germany.Pieta with Charles VII & Joan of Arc painting by François Quesnel the Younger at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.
Pietà (c1500) by Filippino Lippi of Florence at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Pieta painting (c1481) by Vittorio Crivelli of Venice at University of Arizona Museum of Art. Tucson, AZ.Pieta painting (1863) by Anselm Feuerbach at Schackgalerie. Munich, Germany.Pieta with Charles VII & Joan of Arc painting (17thC) by François Quesnel the Younger at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.
Pieta painting by Il Perugino at Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy.Pieta painting after Delacroix by Vincent van Gogh at Van Gogh Museum. Amsterdam, NL.The dead Christ detail from Life of St Andrew Retable at The Cloisters. New York, NY.Christ's descent into Limbo wood relief from Brabant or Rhineland at Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam, NL.
Pieta painting (c1493-4) by Il Perugino (aka Pietro Vannucci) at Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy.Pieta painting after Delacroix (1889) by Vincent van Gogh at Van Gogh Museum. Amsterdam, NL.The dead Christ detail from Life of St Andrew Retable at The Cloisters. New York, NY.Christ's descent into Limbo wood relief (c1515) from Brabant or Rhineland at Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam, NL.
Christ in Limbo painting by Hieronymus Bosch at Hamburg Fine Arts Museum. Hamburg, Germany.Descent to Limbo marble carving from Milan at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.Christ in Limbo painting by Paul Cézanne at Musée d'Orsay. Paris, France.Christ's Descent into Hell painting in style of Hieronymus Bosch at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Christ in Limbo painting by Hieronymus Bosch at Hamburg Fine Arts Museum. Hamburg, Germany.Descent to Limbo marble carving (15thC 1st half) from Milan at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.Christ in Limbo painting (c1867-9) by Paul Cézanne at Musée d'Orsay. Paris, France.Christ's Descent into Hell painting (c1550s) in style of Hieronymus Bosch at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Grotesque head detail of Christ's Descent into Hell painting in style of Hieronymus Bosch at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Grotesque reptile detail of Christ's Descent into Hell painting in style of Hieronymus Bosch at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.

Grotesque head detail of Christ's Descent into Hell painting (c1550s) in style of Hieronymus Bosch at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Grotesque reptile detail of Christ's Descent into Hell painting (c1550s) in style of Hieronymus Bosch at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.

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