CARDUCHO, Bartolomé
(b. 1554, Firenze, d. 1608, Madrid)

Descent from the Cross

1595
Oil on canvas, 263 x 181 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

The painting was executed for the church of San Felipe Reale in Madrid.

The artist was an Italian painter of religious subjects who settled in Spain and was one of the first to work in a Baroque style there. He was the elder brother of Vicente Carducho.