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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn: The Descent from the Cross

🖼 The Descent from the Cross, 1633
Etching and burin, second state of five
530 × 410 cm
Amsterdam, Netherlands

A dramatically lit Christ figure is lowered from the cross by multiple figures in swirling, shadowed composition using bold chiaroscuro. This baroque masterpiece revolutionized religious imagery through intimate human emotion rather than distant grandeur.

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