Deposition from the Cross | |
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Italian: Deposizione | |
Artist | Jacopo Pontormo |
Year | c. 1525–1528 |
Type | Tempera on wood |
Dimensions | 313 cm × 192 cm (123 in × 76 in) |
Location | Church of Santa Felicita, Florence |
The Deposition from the Cross is an altarpiece, completed in 1528, depicting the Deposition of Christ by the Italian Renaissance painter Jacopo Pontormo. It is broadly considered to be the artist's surviving masterpiece. Painted in tempera on wood, it is located above the altar of the Capponi Chapel of the church of Santa Felicita in Florence.