Entombment sculpture, Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Chaource, Aube, France

Entombment, or Holy Sepulchre, detail, sculptural group, 1515, by the Master of Chaource, made for the sepulchral chapel of Nicolas de Monstier and Jacqueline de Laignes, in the crypt of the Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, or Church of St John the Baptist, a catholic church built 12th - 16th century in Chaource, Aube, Grand Est, France. Christ's head is held by Joseph of Arimathea, with Nicodemus at his feet, with the Virgin, St John, Marie-Salome, Mary Magdalene and Mary Cleophas. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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LC21_FRANCE_MC_1759.jpg

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© Manuel Cohen

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