Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus
Alonso Berruguete, (Paredes de Nava, c. 1488- Valladolid, 1561)
Second quarter of the 16th century
Yellow pine or Scots pine wood, gilded and polychrome
Yellow pine or Scots pine wood, gilded and polychrome
53 x 37 x 24 cm and 54 x 37 x 28 cm
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We see here two male portrait sculptures represented to shoulder-length and carved in polychrome wood. They are Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, characters found in Christian hagiography, specifically in iconography on the Burial of Jesus, alongside the Virgin Mary, Saint John, Mary Magdalene and one other of the sainted women, known as Mary of Clopas.
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