Miniature Excised from the "Potocki Psalter": The Deposition
Medieval-style illustration on aged paper. Scene depicts a man being lowered onto a cloth held by another man while a woman on the right weeps, supporting herself on her hand. The man on the cloth wears a white shirt and blue shorts. The man holding the cloth wears an orange and blue robe. The weeping woman wears a blue dress and brown shawl. A third man kneels at bottom, holding a long object. Background is gold with green lines, blue border with wave design. Top features a red and white crescent moon on the left, and a gray crescent moon on the right, on a blue wave-patterned strip.
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