Splendid lifetime impression on fine laid paper. A rare work by Johann Sadeler II, renowned for his meticulous attention to detail and its life-like accuracy of representation. This engraving is a copy after Barocci's altarpiece "The Entombment" in S. Croce, Senigallia, that belongs to Barocci's mature period when he produced a series of more traditional altarpieces that emphasize emotional restraint, simplicity and order. The Christ body is carried by Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimathea and St John the Evangelist as a young man, while the figure of Mary Magdalene is slightly isolated in the foreground and therefore emphasised. References: Hollstein XXI.192.2. Condition report: Several closed tears (not too obtrusive), slight creases on the paper, small stains and light foxing. Traces of mounting. Please study pictures carefully.