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In case anybody wants to know what's going on in this picture, the subject is The Three Marys at the Tomb of Christ.

Scriptural references can be found here:

https://sites.pitt.edu/~medart/menucomparative/ChristsPassion/Marysattomb.html

It's a common subject in Christian iconography. One of my favourite paintings of this subject hangs in Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum, although I saw it when it was displayed in London's National Gallery:

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, also known as Baciccio (1639-1709) -- The Three Marys at the Sepulchre

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