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Orthodox funeral vestments worn by clergy serving the funeral rite are white. The painter, Henryk Siemiradzki was Polish and spent a large amount of his time working in Rome. Therefore, I think it is safe to assume that he was a Roman Catholic or at least very familiar with the Catholic church and her customs. All the other elements in the painting are correct which suggests he had deep knowledge of the Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox rite. However, I believe it was basic knowledge for every Catholic that black is the colour one wears at a funeral and imagining contrary would be unnatural. As a result, there is slight misinformation in the painting.