UNKNOWN MASTER, French
(active in 1490s in Solesmes)

Entombment (detail)

1496
Stone
Abbey, Solesmes

The Entombment group in the Abbey of Solesmes is one of the largest and most accomplished of the 250 depictions of this scene in France today. This group is particularly well known for its statue of Mary Magdalen seated before the sarcophagus weeping silently into her clenched hands.