Descent from the Cross, between 1579 and 1637

  • Josef Heintz, German, 1564-1609
  • Lucas Kilian, German, 1579-1637

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Image: 15 3/8 × 10 inches (39.1 × 25.4 cm) Sheet (no visible plate mark): 16 3/4 × 10 1/8 inches (42.5 × 25.7 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S647

Stamp, in black, verso: W. H. F. K. Graf von Lepell (Lugt 1672) Stamps, in black and brown, verso: Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606 and 2922)

Inscribed, in plate, bottom right edge of image: S. C. M. Pictor Joseph. Heintz. pinxit Inscribed, in plate below image: [two Latin inscriptions]

W. H. F. K. Graf von Lepell

November 1890, Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen (Berlin, Germany). 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Lucas Kilian; after Josef Heintz, Descent from the Cross, between 1579 and 1637, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S647.