The Entombment (Altar embroidery)

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Anonymous - The Entombment (Altar embroidery)
Number:022355
Title:The Entombment (Altar embroidery)
Artist: Anonymous
Museum: Benaki Museum, Athens
Method: Wool, handwoven
Created: 1682
School:
Category: Bible
Objects
Trend in art: Applied Arts
Keywords: Symbolism, Spiritual, Shroud, Entombment, Funeral, Funeral music, Farewell, Elegy, Death, Burial, Requiem, Saint, Bible, New Testament, Sorrow, Mary Magdalene, Virgin Mary, Christianity, Pietà, Compassion, Our Lady of Sorrows, Descent from the cross, Entombment of Christ, Lamentation of Christ, Saint John, Life and Death, Mary Magdalen, Deposition, Mourning, Orthodox Church, Russian Church, Dead body of Christ, Lamentation, Old Russian Art, Mater Dolorosa, Magdalene, Magdalen, Epitaphios, Ecclesiastical embroidery, Corpse, Dead body, Mourning of Christ