How does The Dead Christ Supported by the Virgin Mary and St John the Evangelist elucidate its History?
The paintings dates to the period where Bellini began to outgrow the artistic influence of Andrea Mantegna, his brother-in-law. Via the Sampieri collection in Bologna (catalogue no. 454), it entered Brera in 1811 as a gift from the viceroy of the Eugene de Beauharnais's Kingdom of Italy.It was placed in the corridor of Venetian Renaissance paintings that leads into the room set up by Ermanno Olmi to display Mantegna's Lamentation of Christ.
Kingdom of Italy Eugene de Beauharnais Venetian Renaissance Ermanno Olmi Bologna Andrea Mantegna Lamentation of Christ