Detail of Mary Magdalen ; This Deposition can no longer be linked with the wings from The Salamanca Triptych. In fact, it is not certain whether The Deposition had wings or was always an independent panel, as some copies suggest. The attribution has vacillated between Bernaert van Orley and Gossaert, but the active composition, meticulous attention to materials and textures, and sculptural treatment of the contorted figures confirm Gossaert's authorship. The skull, in particular, bears a close resemblance to the one on the reverse of The Carondelet Diptych. Van Orley and Gossaert relied on some of the same visual sources - Mantegna's engravings and Raphael's designs for the Acts of the Apostles tapestry woven in Brussels - which may account for the confusion over authorship. Gossaert was also inspired by Van Orley's designs for tapestries of the Descent from the Cross and the Crucifixion, dating between 1518 and 1524, the latter emphasizes Van Orley's assimilation of the new Romanism. (http://www.metmuseum.org)