Print, counterproof, Peter Paul Rubens, between 1640 and 1667

The descent from the cross; the lifeless body of christ is carefully removed from the cross and lowered on a white shroud; at top right a man balances on a ladder and leans over the beam of the cross while holding the shroud; the virgin mary, st mary magdalene and st john support the body in lower left; after peter paul rubens engraving on verso: counterproof of the same state. Date: between 1640 and 1667. Dimensions: Height: 412 mm; Width: 141 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Jesus Christ. Collection: British Museum. Print, counterproof (BM 1891,0414.653 1)