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Deposition (van Dyck, 1635)

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Lamentation over the Dead Christ
File:Bewening van Christus, Anthony van Dyck, (1635), Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, 404.jpg
Artist Anthony van Dyck
Year 1635
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 115 cm × 208 cm (45.2 in × 81.8 in)
Location Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Antwerp

The Deposition or Lamentation over the Dead Christ is a painting by the Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck.[1] Dating to 1635, it is one of his final treatments of the subject. It was commissioned by Cesare Alessandro Scaglia, who intended it to hang over his tomb in the Recollects Convent in Antwerp. It is now in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.[2]

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