The cast of characters and their general disposition are paralleled by two fifteenth century examples in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Cheetham, loc. cit.) as well as by a relief in the Musée de Cluny in Paris (Haraucourt and De Montremy, loc. cit.). In all these cases, as here, Christ is lowered into the tomb by Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, while the Virgin and the Maries look on, and Mary Magdalene with her ointment jar is shown in front of the sarcophagus. Here St. John the Evangelist, identified by the palm he is shown holding, is represented in the top right corner.