Descent from the Cross

1542

Pierre Reymond French, 1532 - 1578

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Title Descent from the Cross

Artwork Date 1542

Artist Pierre Reymond

Life Dates 1532 - 1578

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. French

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Enamel on copper

Dimensions Unframed: 6 1/16 × 4 15/16 × 5/16 inches (15.4 × 12.5 × 0.8 cm)

Classification Enamel

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit City of Detroit Purchase

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 21.175

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Signed Signed and dated: •P•R• 154Z

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(F.M. Hackenbroch, Frankfurt, Germany);
1921-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Lesley, E.P., Jr. Enamel, an Historic Survey to the Present Day. Cooper Union Museum, April 15-June 11, 1954, no. 92.

Verdier, P. Catalogue of Painted Enamels of the Renaissance. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1967, p. 211.

Renaissance Works of Art from the Permanent Collection. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, October 26, 1982-January 2, 1983.

"Family Art Game," Detroit Free Press (May 18, 1986): p. 24 (ill.) [DIA Advertising Supplement].

Higgott, Suzanne, et al. Catalogue of Glass and Limoges Painted Enamels. The Wallace Collection, London, 2011, pp. 238-239.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Pierre Reymond, Descent from the Cross, 1542, enamel on copper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 21.175.

15th century

Agnus Dei

Paolo Amato

ca. between 1680 and 1700

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