hans holbein the body of the dead christ in the tomb 1521
andrea mantegna the lamentation over the dead christ c. 1490dostoyevsky said after viewing hans holbein's the body of the dead christ in the tomb, one might lose their faith and proceeded to write the idiot. that holbein's painting was so visceral then (and still is), is quite wonderful.
paintings of - beauty, melancholia, love and otherworldliness.
giovanni bellini dead christ supported by the madonna and st john (pietà) 1455
giovanni bellini dead christ in the sepulchre (pietà) c. 1460
giovanni bellini dead christ supported by the madonna and st john (pietà) 1460
giovanni bellini dead christ supported by angels (pietà) c. 1474
giovanni bellini pietà 1505
sandro botticelli lamentation over the dead christ with saints c. 1490
vittore carpaccio the dead christ c. 1520
enguerrand charonton pietà de villeneuve-lès-avignon (detail) c. 1460
petrus christus the lamentation 1455-60
albrecht durer lamentation for christ 1500-03
albrecht durer lamentation for the dead christ 1495-98
albrecht durer deposition (no. 13) 1512
jean fouquet pietà c. 1445 
hugo van der goes deposition diptych (small deposition, left wing) c. 1480
hans memling the virgin showing the man of sorrows 1475 or 1479
antonello da messina the dead christ supported by an angel 1475-78
luis de morales pietà 1560s
luca signorelli lamentation over the dead christ (detail) 1502
michel sittow pietà c. 1500
rogier van der weyden joseph of arimathea supporting the dead christ 1435