Detail of the Preparation of Christ's Body for Entombment Panel from a Tabernacle in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007

Preparation of Christ's Body for His Entombment

Tempera on wood
Spain, 13th Century

Accession Numbers: 1977.94, 55.62 a,b

These panels originally formed the wings of a tabernacle that contained a sculpture of the enthroned Virgin and Child similar to the one displayed at the right. The painted side was the exterior. The interior displayed figures in relief, now lost, against a gold ground. The edges of the gabled panel bear the arms of Castilla and Leon.

Text from the Cloisters label.