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In the background are Mary Magdalene with arms extended, two of the holy women and Joseph of Arimathaea. This work is possibly influenced in design by the plaquettes of the same subject by Moderno.\r\n\r\nModerno is the pseudonym of a goldsmith and medallist active in North Italy and later in Rome. He signed certain pieces of his work with OPUS MODERNI (opus is the Latin term for 'work' - which then means 'work of the modern'). The modern here is referring to the Ancient World, in contrary to the Naturalism of the Gothic. He was active in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. His earliest works may date around 1485-1490, and his earliest dated work is 1490. 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