Deposition from the Cross
Deposition from the Cross

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Deposition from the Cross

Juan de Borgoña, Spanish, active 1495–1536
y1983-44
The long thin shape of this painting identifies it as one of a pair of organ shutters, meant to be seen from a vantage point far below the organ loft of a church. The organ could be opened or closed as needed by means of the shutters. Coming into widespread use in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, organs were played during church feasts but also could be closed off at times when instrumental music was not deemed appropriate.
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Collection Publications: Reflections of the Passion (y1958-16)

Information

Title
Deposition from the Cross
Maker
Juan de Borgoña
Medium
Distemper on canvas (Tüchlein)
Dimensions
254.3 × 95.5 × 3 cm (100 1/8 × 37 5/8 × 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moss
Object Number
y1983-44
Place Made

Europe, Spain, Andalusia

Culture
Spanish
Type
paintings
Materials
oil paint, distemper, canvas
Subject
crucifixion, deaths, openwork, foliation (pattern), religious art, crosses (objects), figures (representations), Christ, Mary, John the Baptist

Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, Florence (before 1955); Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moss, New York (in 1983; gift to Princeton University Art Museum).

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