. . . "The Entombment is one of the two \u201Cjewel-like sculptures\u201D Luisa Rold\u00E1n gave to the newly installed King Philip V of Spain in 1701, petitioning him to appoint her sculptor to the royal court. In the previous decade she had pioneered a genre of sculpture\u2014powerfully conceived and exquisitely modelled and painted figural groups, made on a deliberately intimate scale\u2014of which this is perhaps the finest. The emotive expressions of the six figures surrounding the body of Christ as he is laid to rest run the gamut from angry disbelief and empty grief, to tender love and sympathy. The Entombment may have been placed in a convent or monastery affiliated with the royal family, or in the family\u2019s private rooms or chapels. In whichever context, it would have inspired meditative devotion, encouraging the viewer to identify with the witnesses to Christ\u2019s Passion."@en .