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Pale alabaster relief of the Descent from the Cross: a nude body lowered by figures on ladders, with mourners kneeling and standing around it.

Descent from the Cross, relief in alabaster

A pale carved relief shows a nude body being lowered from a cross, with ladders leaning against the beam. Mourning figures kneel and stand around it, some gesturing and one seated at the right edge, all in shallow, crowded relief against a plain ground.

Artist
Jean Goujon
Date
ca. 1555
Medium
Alabaster with traces of gilding
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
4000 × 2468 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1560).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1929

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