Large, rectangular, cast-iron plaque with the relief image of the Deposition, or Entombment of Christ, after being removed from the cross, the body of Christ is carried by Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea to the grave, behind them are the Virgin Mary swooning, Mary Magdalene, Martha and her sister Mary as well as Saint John against an architectural background, in a cast-iron frame with acanthus leaf motifs.

The Entombment of Christ

Modeled after Leonhard Posch, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Berlin, or Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz

About 1820

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