The article presents one of the earliest paintings by Paolo Veronese the Christo deposto nel sepolcro, now in private collection in France. After stylistic and technological analysis, author rejects attributing the picture to Battista Zelotti (that has been suggested by Ridolfi and Boschini), and concludes that the Cristo deposto picture belongs to the first masterworks of Veronese, executed about 1550 before his final removal to Venice.