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Painting of the Entombment of Christ: men carry a dead body into a rocky tomb while mourning women look on.

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This painting depicts the Entombment of Christ, with a dead man in a white shroud carried by two men toward a stone ledge at the entrance of a rocky tomb. Grieving women in blue, gold and grey garments surround the scene, and a kneeling woman in a yellow dress rests her arms on the ledge.

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