Artwork
Deposition
Deposition is an oil painting by the Flemish Baroque painting artist Anthony van Dyck. It dates from 1630 and is held in the collection of the Gemäldegalerie Berlin.
About this work
Anthony van Dyck painted a religious scene called "Deposition" in 1629-1630. It shows Christ’s body being lowered from the cross. The painting is oil on canvas and big—over seven feet tall.
The work was lost after World War II when it burned in a Berlin flak tower. A copy survived and sits in a chapel in Heilbronn.
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Overview
Deposition is a large oil-on-canvas painting created by Anthony van Dyck between 1629 and 1630. It measures 220 cm by 166 cm.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts the scene of Christ's body being lowered from the cross, a moment of intense emotional significance in Christian iconography.
History & Provenance
The original painting was once held by the Kaiser Friedrich Museum and later the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, but it was lost in a fire at the Friedrichshain flak tower in May 1945.
Legacy
A copy of the work is preserved in the Gedächtniskapelle of the Deutschordensmünster in Heilbronn, serving as a testament to the original composition.
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Artist
Sir Anthony van Dyck (; Dutch: Antoon van Dijck ; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist, who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy.
