The Three Women Returning from the Tomb 1585 - 1629

This etching by Aegidius Sadeler II, titled "The Three Women Returning from the Tomb," depicts a scene from the biblical story of the Resurrection of Christ. Three women, likely Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, are shown leaving the tomb of Christ, where they had gone to anoint his body with spices. The etching was created between 1585 and 1629 and is now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The print highlights the dramatic scene of their discovery that Jesus's tomb was empty.