\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 A rare example of an easel painting by Michelangelo Buonarroti, this picture represents the lowering of ChristÆs body in the
tomb. The figures, whose powerful anatomical structures are emphasized, are shown as they strain to support ChristÆs lifeless body. The brilliant range of colors in this work is a feature that appears in MichelangeloÆs other pictorial masterpieces, such
as the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel in Rome and the \i Doni Tondo\i0 in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence.