The Passion: Descent from the Cross

Lucas van Leyden

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white image of a man lying on the ground. The man on the ground is naked from the waist up with a cloth around his waist. His left arm rests on the ground beside him and his right arm rests across his chest. He has a shocked expression on his face. A woman kneels on the ground beside him with her right hand on his waist. She wears a head covering and a dress. A man stands at the top of a ladder behind them. He holds the ladder with his right hand and clasps his hands together in front of him. He wears a robe. A second man stands on the right side of the ladder. He wears a hat and a robe and holds the ladder with both hands. A woman to the left of the kneeling woman wears a head covering. A pot sits on the ground on far left and a piece of paper to the right of the naked man.