• Painting by Rogier van der Weyden. The Descent from the Cross c. 1435. Oil on oak panel, 220cm × 262 cm. Museo del Prado, Madrid.
  • The Descent from the Cross (left); Detail of lady’s tears (right). “Rogier van der Weyden, historians of art have always claimed, was an original inventor, the creator...
  • Descent From The Cross is an early Flemish painting by Rogier Van Der Weyden. Painted on oak panels in the 15th century it depicts the Deposition of Christ.
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    • Who created Descent from the Cross?
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  • The Descent from the Cross. ... The Descent from the Cross in Detail Rogier van der Weyden. Article Author. Tom Gurney in an art history expert.
  • Surprising in the technique of writing and spiritual depth, the image of Rogier van der Weyden’s “Descent from the Cross” is one of the masterpieces of Dutch...
  • Van der Weyden’s use of colour and realism in The Descent from the Cross gives it an emotional power that was revolutionary for its time, and is a...
  • Today’s painting, The Descent from the Cross, was the centre panel of an altarpiece, of which the wings are lost, created by Rogier van der Weyden around 1436.
  • The Descent from the Cross is a Northern Renaissance Oil on Panel Painting created by Rogier van der Weyden from 1435 to 1438.
  • The Descent from the Cross. ... painting by Rogier van der Weyden (Museum: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest). Credit: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.