Deposition
Lamentation
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While Joseph of Arimathaea, holding a jar of ointment, looks on, Nicodemus, at the top of the ladder, hands the body of the dead Savior to a younger man. Mary Magdalene, her back to us, raises her hands in distress; the Virgin swoons into John's arms. In the Lamentation, Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemus reverently anoint Christ's feet and arms with cloth-covered hands; the Virgin supports the upper half of the Savior's body in her lap. Mary Magdalene raises her hands in anguish while John prays.