GERARD DAVID (1450 TO 1460 - 1523) DESCENT FROM THE CROSS Canvas, 45 1/2 inches by 56 inches. This interesting Flemish primitive bears unmistakable evidence of being entirely in the hand of Gerard David, who painted the same subject at least thrice. There is a somewhat similar picture in the Carvallo Collection in Paris, and one in the Royal Uffizi Gallery, at Florence. Dr. Bodenhausen writes that "the picture is without any doubt a masterpiece, entirely in the master's own hand," and he draws attention to certain similarities, even in details, existing in this painting and those in Europe. From the Collection of the Kings of Holland. From the Collection of M. J. Dingwall, England. From the Collection of Thomas Holloway, Tittenhurst, Surrey. From the Collection of Miss M. A. Driver, Tittenhurst, Sunninghill. Exhibited, Manchester Art Treasures, 1857, No. 430. Exhibited, Royal Academy, London, "Old Masters," 1912, No. 47. Exhibited, M. Knoedler & Co., Paris, "Old Masters," 1913, No. 36. Mentioned in the "Gerard David und seine Schule" by Bodenhausen, 1905, pp. 196-197. Reproduced on p. 197 of the same work. 139