Deposition of Christ by Andrea Mantegna.
The scene, titledDeposition of Christ, depicts Jesus descent from the cross after his crucifixion.
Mantegna was an artist known for his contributions to the revival of antiquity in Italian Renaissance art.
“Deposition of Christ” by Andrea Mantegna. (Photo: Courtesy of the Vatican Museums)
Mantegna died in 1506, but his legacy has lived on through his masterpieces.
Summonte also attributes the work to Mantegna in the letter.
The painting was last recorded as hanging in a basilica in Naples called San Domenico Maggiore before its disappearance.
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Andrea Mantegna (Photo: Thesupermat2 viaWikimedia Commons, Public domain)
How it came to be in the cathedral in Pompeii is unknown.
Caputo then flagged the work for curators at the Vatican.
Half length portrait engraving of Andrea Mantegna, Nicolas de Larmessin and Esme de Boulonais (Photo: Svarshavsky viaWikimedia Commons, Public domain)
