04/04/2026
Holy Saturday.
The limestone sculpture depicts the moment Jesus' body is laid into the tomb, featuring the figures of the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, Saint John, Nicodemus, and Joseph of Arimathea. It is called simply “The Entombment” by The Maître de Chaource who was an unidentified sculptor and worked in the late 15th and early 16th century, in the French town of Chaource.