3-015-855 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Dead Christ With Joseph Of Arimathea And Nicodemus (Sepulcrum Christi), c1494-98. Joseph of Arimathea looks on contemplatively as a tearful Nicodemus supports Christ’s lifeless body on a stone tomb, which is inscribed in Latin with the artist’s name and the work’s subject, “sepulcher of Christ.” Despite his bloody wounds, Christ is depicted with an idealized body, like that of a classical statue, and a serene expression, suggesting his eventual triumph over death.