The work was painted during the brief stay in Italy in the Holy year 1450, The pilgrimage was an occasion for the painter to get acquainted with Italian art whose influence can be noticed also here (the sketch derives from Beato Angelico in St.Mark's in Florence). Christ who seems still crucified is surrounded by Joseph of Arimathea Nicodemus and Mary. Magdalene is kneeling down and she is united to John by a fine the tombstone onwhich the shroud laysupside down draws. These characters present us Jesus in a dramatic way; the crucified becomes the main figure of the whole representation because of his central position and because of the light shed on his lifeless body.

Once the stone, which locked fhe tomb, was rolled away by the strenght ofresurrection, it became a sign of victory on death.