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Description: | The Descent from the Cross depicted in the centre of this triptych evidences the influence of Gerard David. The entombment is represented in the background, which also includes Mount Calvary and a distant view of Jerusalem. In the side panels, Mary Salome and Mary Cleophas hold jars of spices to prepare Christ's body for the tomb. The provenance of the triptych to the collection of the King of Portugal supports its attribution to a painter from the circle of Ambrosius Benson. Although Benson worked in Bruges, he established strong connections with the Iberian Peninsula where much of his work was sent. | Subjects: | religion (Lamentation; descent from the cross) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Benson, Ambrosius (early Netherlandish painter, ca.1495-1550) Æ Attributed to circle of Previously attributed to school of Ysenbrandt, Adrien (Flemish painter, ca. 1500-before 1551) Previously attributed to Master of the Female Half-Lengths (Early Netherlandish painter, act.ca.1500-1533) Previously attributed to Memling, Hans (early Netherlandish painter, ca.1433-1494) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9037... | Go to resource |
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