The Descent from the Cross
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 21 1/4 × 15 3/8 in. (53.9 × 39 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1961
Accession Number
61.532.37
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Cavalieri|Daniele da Volterra (Daniele Ricciarelli) · 1515–1601
Known for repertories of engravings that eflect the antiquarian interests of his patrons, who were the high clergy of the Counter-Reformation Church in Rome.