Deposition from the Cross (detail) - ANGELICO, Fra - WGA
Deposition from the Cross (detail) by ANGELICO, Fra
Deposition from the Cross (detail) by ANGELICO, Fra

Deposition from the Cross (detail)

by ANGELICO, Fra, Tempera on panel

In the distance at the top left lies Jerusalem, shown by Angelico as a sparkling Tuscan hill town. The city fortifications appear as a series of cubes, pillars, and walls massed together in a sharply defining light. Buildings of widely varying sizes, shapes and colours are arranged together within the city walls. At the top of the hill rises a citadel-like temple. Outside the city gates lies a landscape of ploughed fields, farmhouses, and hedgerows. In the sky, above a storm cloud is gathering which throws shadow over half the city. The whole is viewed through a screen of trees, which mark out the middle distance in the complete picture.

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