This painting, which depicts the dead Christ held by Mary Magdalene, St. John and Joseph of Arimathea, was originally part of the extraordinary polyptych in the Church of Sant’Agostino in Perugia. Pietro Vannucci was commissioned to do the work in 1502. It remained unfinished at the time of his death in 1523. This painting, also called the Pietà, filled the upper register of the back of the polyptych, facing the choir. The structure stood on the main altar until about 1650, when it was dismantled, and the painted panels were placed on the walls of the choir.