The work represents the moment when the corpse of jesus christ was taken down from the cross by joseph of arimathea and nicodemus, while saint mary magdalene reaches out her arms towards the corpse and the virgin mary weeps inconsolably. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: 1547. Dimensions: height: 141 cm (55.5 in); width: 128 cm (50.3 in). Medium: oil on panel. Depicted People: Jesus. Collection: Museo del Prado. Machuca-descendimiento-prado
