Externsteine Relief

Drawing of the The relief carving Descent from the Cross (Kreuzabnahmerelief an den Externsteinen

The relief carving Descent from the Cross (Kreuzabnahmerelief an den Externsteinen) is the most interesting of the artwork at the Externsteine. It measures nearly 5 m high by 4 m wide. Current thinking dates it to around 1160 making it the oldest such large relief rock carving north of the Alps.

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