# Entombment \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, French](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-french-r2b942644e40f91>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Stone

## Commentary

The Entombment group in the Abbey of Solesmes is one of the largest and most accomplished of the 250 depictions of this scene in France today. This group is particularly well known for its statue of Mary Magdalen seated before the sarcophagus weeping silently into her clenched hands.

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)