Deposition

Deposition may refer to: Deposition (law), taking testimony outside of court Deposition (politics), the removal of a person of authority from political power Deposition (university), a widespread initiation ritual for new students practiced from the Middle Ages until the 18th century

==Art== Deposition from the Cross, the depiction of the removal of Jesus from the cross Deposition (Bellini), a 1515–16 painting by Giovanni Bellini and his workshop Deposition of Christ (Bronzino), a 1545 oil painting The Deposition (Michelangelo), a 1547–55 marble sculpture The Deposition from the Cross (Pontormo), a 1528 oil painting Deposition from the Cross, Volterra (Rosso Fiorentino) The Deposition (Raphael), a 1507 oil painting The Deposition (Rubens), a 1602 painting by Peter Paul Rubens (previously attributed to van Dyck) now in the Galleria Borghese Deposition (Rogier van der Weyden) or The Descent from the Cross, an oil painting, c.1435 Deposition (van Dyck, 1615), a 1615 painting by Anthony van Dyck, now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich Deposition (van Dyck, 1618), a 1618–20 painting, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna Deposition (van Dyck, 1619), a c. 1619 painting, now in the Ashmolean Museum Deposition (van Dyck, 1629), a c. 1629 painting, now in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp Deposition (van Dyck, 1629–30) or Lamentation over the Dead Christ, lost 1945 Deposition (van Dyck, 1634), a 1634 painting, now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich Deposition (van Dyck, 1635), a 1635 painting, now in the now in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp Deposition (van Dyck, 1640), a 1634–40 painting, now in the Valdes Izaguirre collection