Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Descent from the Cross
Alternate Title:
La Descente de Croix
Image View:
Detail, groups of mourners in the background and a village, painted in gray tones
Creator:
Marc Chagall (Belorussian painter, 1887-1985)
Location:
repository: Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, Île-de-France, France) AM 1988-92
Location Note:
Avenue Dr Ménard
GPS:
43.709167 7.269536
Date:
1968-1976 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
150 cm (height) x 188 cm (width)
Subjects:
contemporary (1960 to present); New Testament; Jesus Christ; crucifixion; deposition
Description:
The museum was created during the lifetime of the artist, with the support of the Minister of Culture André Malraux, and inaugurated in 1973. It houses the series of seventeen paintings illustrating the biblical message, painted by Chagall and offered to the French State in 1966. This is a work on loan from the Pompidou Center. (Source: Centre Pompidou [website]; http://www.centrepom pidou.fr/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-CHAGALL-LDC-A09
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Descent from the Cross