'Pieta of Saint-Germain-des-Pres', c1500. The scene is the deposition of the cross. The Virgin Mary supports the body of Christ on her lap. Behind her is St John the Apostle. The other figures are Joseph of Arimathea and St Nicodemus the Pharisee and the other three Maries, Mary Magdalene in red, Mary, mother of James, and Mary Salome. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris.
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