# The Deposition

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## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, French](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-french-r2b942644e40f91>)
- Date: 1251-1300
- Technique: Ivory, height 29 cm

## Commentary

Small-scale French ivory work became very popular at the end of the 13th century, both for religious purposes and for lay interest. Sculpturally, the treatment is the same whether on trinkets or on church carvings.

## Related artworks

- [A Knight of the Golden Fleece](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-french-r2b942644e40f91/a-knight-of-the-golden-fleece-rc9217dd643b3e4>)
- [A Miracle of St Benedict](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-french-r2b942644e40f91/a-miracle-of-st-benedict-r57ff3484031307>)
- [Adam](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-french-r2b942644e40f91/adam-r4598de53f3d451>)
- [Allegory of the Vanity of Earthly Things](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-french-r2b942644e40f91/allegory-of-the-vanity-of-earthly-things-r5c7c418a12b483>)
- [Altar frontal: Christ and Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-french-r2b942644e40f91/altar-frontal-christ-and-angels-r9ed365817bbf8d>)
- [Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-french-r2b942644e40f91/annunciation-r12cb1a959bcda9>)
- [Apostle \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-french-r2b942644e40f91/apostle-detail-r0801c08b7cf6a9>)
- [Apostle](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-french-r2b942644e40f91/apostle-r5480567086e510>)
- [Archangel Gabriel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-french-r2b942644e40f91/archangel-gabriel-rafb465693849f1>)
- [Book cover](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-french-r2b942644e40f91/book-cover-rb3ea7d54967df3>)
- [Book cover](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-french-r2b942644e40f91/book-cover-rea63f1d763a689>)
- [Bust of Cardinal Duprat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-french-r2b942644e40f91/bust-of-cardinal-duprat-raee49d2b06b1e3>)

## Attribution

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