• 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 Stirring Sadness Depicted in ‘The Descent from the Cross’ by Rogier van der Weyden.
  • Learn more about The Descent from the Cross by early Netherlandish artist Rogier van der Weyden.
  • 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.
  • 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...
  • 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, by Rogier van der Weyden. George Bisacca, Restorer, 1985-Up to date. The Descent from the Cross is one of the most...
  • 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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  • From Museo Nacional del Prado, Rogier van der Weyden, The Descent from the Cross (1435), Oil on panel, 220 × 262 cm.