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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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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, canvas, distemper

Subject

openwork, foliation (pattern), crosses (objects), Christ, crucifixion, figures (representations), Mary, John the Baptist, deaths, religious art

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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Juan de Borgoña (Spanish, active 1495–1536), Deposition from the Cross. Distemper on canvas (Tüchlein); 254.3 × 95.5 × 3 cm. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moss (y1983-44)

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