# Deposition from the Cross

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BOURDON, Sébastien](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdon-sbastien-r0a1d80177e59ad>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 142 x 114 cm

## Commentary

This is an early work by the artist. It shares a similar compositional structure and use of heavily robed, leaning figures, as found in his other early religious works. A smaller autograph replica of the composition, of smaller dimensions and horizontal in shape, is located in the Musée Fabre, Montpellier.

## Related artworks

- [A Scene from Roman History](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdon-sbastien-r0a1d80177e59ad/a-scene-from-roman-history-r26abddc0f1c3c3>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdon-sbastien-r0a1d80177e59ad/adoration-of-the-magi-rf67c7b4c76646c>)
- [Bacchus and Ceres with Nymphs and Satyrs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdon-sbastien-r0a1d80177e59ad/bacchus-and-ceres-with-nymphs-and-satyrs-rbd9df35fc0ce69>)
- [Countess Ebba Sparre](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdon-sbastien-r0a1d80177e59ad/countess-ebba-sparre-rfefc0f8e009aca>)
- [Death of Dido](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdon-sbastien-r0a1d80177e59ad/death-of-dido-r7549272a790e78>)
- [Deposition from the Cross \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdon-sbastien-r0a1d80177e59ad/deposition-from-the-cross-detail-r6ca5a0da1cd029>)
- [King Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdon-sbastien-r0a1d80177e59ad/king-solomon-sacrificing-to-the-idols-rea507cdb3e94ca>)
- [Moses and the Brazen Serpent](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdon-sbastien-r0a1d80177e59ad/moses-and-the-brazen-serpent-rab4e70350eaf46>)
- [Portrait of a Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdon-sbastien-r0a1d80177e59ad/portrait-of-a-man-r28c1f0b727aeaa>)
- [Presentation in the Temple](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdon-sbastien-r0a1d80177e59ad/presentation-in-the-temple-r7e3f1e3ae43cfc>)
- [Presumed Portrait of René Descartes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdon-sbastien-r0a1d80177e59ad/presumed-portrait-of-ren-descartes-r182626ed5a35dc>)
- [Queen Christina of Sweden on Horseback](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bourdon-sbastien-r0a1d80177e59ad/queen-christina-of-sweden-on-horseback-rabf6cf7854cfbd>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)