Christo in Scurto (The Foreshortened Christ or the Dead Christ), by Andrea Mantegna, 1480 about, 15th Century, probably glue tempera on canvas, cm 68 x 81 . Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Brera Art Gallery. All. Dead body of Jesus Christ partly covered by a draped piece of cloth and laid down on a stretcher. The body is extremely foreshortened and emphasized from a physiognomic study point of view. Stigmata. To the right, the faces of the grieving pious women.