Descent from the Cross
Artist
Luca Antonio Buscatti
(Italian, active 1514 – 1516)
Date1514
CultureItalian
MediumOil on wood
ClassificationPaintings
ProvenanceCommissioned 31 October 1514 by Giovanni Antonio Moni for the church of San Domenico, Faenza; sold in 1767 to the Principe Filippo Hercolani, Bologna; by inheritance in the Hercolani family until at least 1869. By 1892, Charles Fairfax Murray (1849–1919), London; (sold Fairfax Murray sale, Sotheby’s, London, 10 May 1922, lot 68, for £50); (A. L. Nicholson, London); John Ringling (1866–1936), Sarasota, Florida; bequest to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN56
On View
Not on viewUnframed support: 122 1/2 H x 85 7/16 W x 1 3/4 D in. (311.2 x 217 x 4.4 cm)
Lucas Cranach the Younger
17th century
