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The Property of a Gentleman

Follower of Rogier van der Weyden

The Descent from the Cross with the Virgin and Saints John the Evangelist and Joseph of Arimathea

Lot Closed

December 8, 02:01 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The Property of a Gentleman


Follower of Rogier van der Weyden

The Descent from the Cross with the Virgin and Saints John the Evangelist and Joseph of Arimathea


oil on oak panel

unframed: 61.3 x 46.9 cm.; 24⅛ x 18½ in.

framed: 77.5 x 63.5 cm.; 30½ x 25 in.

Helmut Scheidt, Germany, by May 1969 (according to a handwritten label on the reverse);
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 30 April 2010, lot 2, for £32,450, where acquired by the present collector.

Numerous versions of this design are thought to exist, all believed to derive from a lost prototype of the 1440s, by Rogier van der Weyden.