The Empty Tomb, bas relief by Jay Carpenter (tympanum above entrance to the columbarium, St. Joseph’s Chapel)
Following Jesus’ unusually quick death on the cross, Joseph of Arimathea, who had a freshly hewn tomb, sought permission to bury the body. The mural in St. Joseph’s Chapel depicts the procession to the tomb. Using Cathedral choristers and employees as models, Jan Henrik DeRosen painted on the dry plaster using just four colors: black, white, gold, and red. Standing above the entrance to the columbarium at the rear of St. Joseph’s Chapel is a deep bas relief of the angel outside the empty tomb. St. Paul’s quotation of the powerful taunt resound quietly: “Where, o death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” (1 Cor. 15:55).
Following Jesus’ unusually quick death on the cross, Joseph of Arimathea, who had a freshly hewn tomb, sought permission to bury the body. The mural in St. Joseph’s Chapel depicts the procession to the tomb. Using Cathedral choristers and employees as models, Jan Henrik DeRosen painted on the dry plaster using just four colors: black, white, gold, and red. Standing above the entrance to the columbarium at the rear of St. Joseph’s Chapel is a deep bas relief of the angel outside the empty tomb. St. Paul’s quotation of the powerful taunt resound quietly: “Where, o death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” (1 Cor. 15:55).