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Marble, on the other hand, is a hard, fine-grained, crystalline stone, which has to be carved with chisels and a mallet. All can be polished with fine abrasive powders, with marble, in particular, taking a high polish. In Spain sculptors used alabaster from about 1300 onwards. The material came mainly from regional quarries.\r\n\r\nThe composition is based on an etching by the Italian artist Parmigianino (1503-1540). Italian sources were used relatively frequently in Spanish sculpture, particularly in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. This relief could have been part of a predella of a small altarpiece, or it may have been a small devotional piece in its own right.","physicalDescription":"Alabaster carved in low relief showing the body of Christ being lowered into a sarcophagus.In the foreground St. Mary Magdalene supports his body. To her left St. John, at Jesus' feet, supports the fainting Virgin. 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