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. '' The Descent From The Cross ''. c. 1611-1614. Oil on wood. 420.5 × 320 cm Cathedral Of Our Lady, Antwerp .]] . ''Deposition''. 1633. Oil on wood. 89.4 × 65.2 cm.]] The Descent from the Cross (ΑΠΟΚΑΘΗΛΩΣΙΣ), or '''Deposition''', is the scene as depicted in art, from the story of Christ when Joseph Of Arimathea and Nicodemus took him down from the cross after his Crucifixion . In Byzantine Art the topic became popular in the 9th century, and in the Occident from the 10th century. Other figures not mentioned in the Gospels who are often included in paintings of this subject include St. John The Evangelist , who is sometimes depicted supporting a fainting Mary (as in the work at right by Van der Weyden), and Mary Magdalene . EXAMPLES
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