Descente de Croix

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probably 1920s The figure of the dead Christ with four standing figures, technique: lithography artist: S. Curnow Vosper Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Merthyr Tydfil Drawn from a medieval original from Brittany, wall-mounted in the Chapelle de S. Nicolas at Priziac, near Le Faouet (Morbihan). There are further similar works in the collection at Cyfarthfa Castle, and a group of watercolours, including a version of this image (A 17330), in the collection of National Museum Wales, Cardiff. The watercolours were given to the museum by the sculptor William Goscombe John in 1945. Goscombe John visited Vosper in Britanny and encouraged him to record these medieval stone carvings. Information kindly provided by Jolyon Goodman.  (ObjectID=893 ImageID=2128) Original File Name=DSCF8998.JPG

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• 'Pietah', 'Vesperbild', 'Marienklage': Christ, either with or without crown of thorns, mourned by Mary 
• descent from the cross: Christ is taken down from the cross  [Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53; John 19:38]

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