Rogier van der Weyden, Deposition

Rogier van der Weyden, Deposition, 1435, Early Northern Renaissance 

1) Altarpiece made for the archer's guild, as indicated by the bows and arrows in the painting

2) van der Weyden was famous for his dynamic compositions that stressed human action and drama (i.e. dramatic lines and contours of Jesus and Mary's bodies that reflect each other)

3) Contains a momento mori, an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death