 The painting has a rectangular shape, and shows Christ being buried with the weeping Mary and John the Evangelist holding his hands.The corpse is supported by Joseph of Arimathea and by Nicodemus dressed in refined clothing of the times and gazing out towards the spectator, once thought to be a self-portrait of the artist which is now known to portray Cosimo the elder.A kneeling Mary Magdalene is depicted in the low foreground.