Gallery›Wellcome Collection›The dead Christ is lamented by the four holy women, Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathaea. Engraving by C. Cort, 1567.
The dead Christ is lamented by the four holy women, Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathaea. Engraving by C. Cort, 1567.
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The dead Christ is lamented by the four holy women, Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathaea. Engraving by C. Cort, 1567.

1567

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Lettering: Quid Christi mors? ut moriamur crimina fassi,/ Coraq. scindantur, marmora scissa docent./ Quid tumulus? coctus hominum vitare nocentum,/ Et quasi se tumulo condere quemq. suo./ Quid verbum comitante anima sub tartara tedens?/ Nos comites animis se iubet usq. sequi. C. Cort fe. 1567

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