Deposition (van Dyck, 1635)

The Deposition or Lamentation over the Dead Christ is a painting by the Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck.^[1] Dating to 1635, it is one of his final treatments of the subject. It was commissioned by Cesare Alessandro Scaglia, who intended it to hang over his tomb in the Recollects Convent in Antwerp. It is now in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.^[2]

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Paintings by Anthony van Dyck

Religious subjects	The Betrayal of Christ (1618–20) (Bristol ; Madrid ; Minneapolis) Christ Crowned with Thorns (1619–20) Crucifixion (1630) Crucifixion with Saints (1617–19) Deposition / Lamentation over the Dead Christ (1615; 1618; 1619; 1629; 1629–30; 1634; 1635; 1640) Entry of Christ into Jerusalem (1617) Madonna and Child (1621–27) The Mocking of Christ (1628-30) Madonna and Child with Two Donors (1630) Rest on the Flight into Egypt (1630) Saint Ambrose barring Theodosius from Milan Cathedral (1619–20) Saint Martin and the Beggar (1618) Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague–Stricken of Palermo (1624) Samson and Delilah (1620 ; 1630) The Vision of the Blessed Hermann Joseph (1629–30)

Mythological subjects	Cupid and Psyche (1638–40) Drunken Silenus (1620) Jupiter and Antiope (1620) Thetis Receiving the Weapons of Achilles from Hephaestus (1630–32)

Portraits	Charles I (Equestrian ; At the Hunt; Triple Portrait; with M. de St Antoine) Henrietta Maria (As St Catherine; Triple Portrait) Magistrates of Brussels (Preparatory sketch) Olivia Boteler Porter

Self-portraits	1613–14 1632–33 1635 (with Endymion Porter) 1640

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