"Excellent 17th-century Italian School. After Michelangelo Merisi, Known As Caravaggio"
Excellent Italian school of the 17th century. After Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio. "The Deposition of Christ" Canvas 42 x 31 cm Good condition The Deposition of Christ, canvas. Commissioned by Girolamo Vittrice for his private chapel of Santa Maria in Vallicella (Chiesa Nova) in Rome, the original work was painted by Caravaggio between 1600 and 1604. Confiscated by France in 1797, the work was returned in 1817 and is part of the Vatican collections (inv. 40386).