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  5. \paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 The fulcrum of the horizontal composition is the body of Christ, which is lowered with difficulty into the tomb by John the Evangelis
  6. t, Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus. The figure of the Virgin in mourning, draped in a cloak on which the artist creates virtuoso light effects, is strikingly beautiful.