The Alte Pinakothek owns several paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn, although these are certainly not his most famous or best works. The six paintings of the Passion-Cycle are the best-known of the Rembrandts and of these The Descent from the Cross (Kreuzabname Christi), c. 1633, is the most significant work. Rembrandt used his own likeness for the man in pale blue here as well as in The Raising of the Cross (Die Kreuzaufrichtung). Other scenes include the Nativity, The Entombment, The Resurrection, The Ascension,