Drawing on the ancient spiritual devotion of the Stations of the Cross, we invite you to participate in a journey of reflection and discovery in the city of Oxford.
Drawing on the ancient spiritual devotion of the Stations of the Cross, we invite you to participate in a journey of reflection and discovery in the city of Oxford.
Deposition Presented to the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in 1869, this composition (oil on canvas) is a reworking of an earlier painting of 'The Deposition' by the Flemish artist, Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641). The earlier painting, now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich), has been dated c.1615. This painting is generally dated c.1619 at about the time when he was working as an assistant to Rubens in Antwerp. Oil on canvas. H 207cm x W 137cm. Anthony van Dyck, The Deposition (WA1869.1) Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford