The descent from the cross is represented in a bright landscape, which seems to anticipate the dawn of Resurrection. The character’s pain is calm, their gestures are measured. The presence of a Carmelite Saint locates the scene beyond history and beyond time. Christ’s body, lying on a stone, gathers all the characters around Him and becomes the main point and the centre of the event.

Mary: “Son, you are here, dead, and I am holding you in my arms one last time. It was so different when I held you in the manger in Bethlehem and I introduced you to the three kings coming from Orient. At that time, I could not understand all that would happen. I trusted God since the angel told me I was going to become your mother. Now the words old prophet Simon spoke in the temple, when Joseph and I presented you to God, are clear. Now I understand and feel the pain caused by the sword that is piercing my heart. I will add this event to the things my heart keeps, until God’s promise will be accomplished.”