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This solemn and dramatic scene portrays a group of monks performing the last rites over a deceased figure draped in a red cloth. The soft candlelight emphasizes the contrast between the living and the dead, symbolizing the fragile boundary between life and eternity. The artist masterfully uses chiaroscuro—the play of light and shadow—to heighten the emotional gravity and sacred atmosphere of the ritual. The painting captures themes of faith, mortality, and redemption, typical of late Baroque or early Neoclassical religious art.