Relief with the Deposition Relief with the Descent from the Cross, In a landscape rising to both sides, the cross is flanked by that of both murderers. Two men, on ladders placed against the cross, are in the process of surrendering the limp body of Christ to a man standing below them who has raised his arm. In front of him stands Johannes with Maria in her arms, who extends her hands to her son. Behind John a holy woman with a turban kneels, a second holy woman stands with hands in prayerful pose and with the head turned away from the cross. To the right of the cross two Pharisees in conversation with a soldier, more in the foreground the hundred men with a soldier. Mary Magdalene kneels at the foot of the cross that she embraces. The background consists of tendrils with flowers. At the top left the shining sun, on the right the moon is obscured by a cloud. Most men wear Jewish hats, the latter soldier a hoodie of mail and a sort of paltrok. The holy women have nimbuses, descent from the cross: Christ is tasks down from the cross, usually by Nicodemus and Joseph or Arimathaea who are standing on the ladders (both arms or Christ detached), anonymous, Paris, c. 1400 - c. 1420, ivory, gilding, h 6.0 cm
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