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Michelangelo Buonarotti's Pietà in Saint Peter's Basilica, 1498–1499. Crowned by the Pontifical decree of Pope Urban VIII in 1637. The Pietà (Italian pronunciation:; meaning "pity", "compassion") is a subject in Christian art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the mortal body of Jesus Christ after his Descent from the Cross.
Pietà of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon is an oil painting of the mid-15th century that is considered one of the outstanding works of art of the late Middle Ages. Following its appearance at an exhibition in 1904 its authorship was disputed, though it has since been accepted as the work of Enguerrand Quarton .
Museo Real de Pinturas a la muerte de Fernando VII. 1834, 156; Catalog Museo del Prado, 1854-1858, 1546; Catalog Museo del Prado, 1872-1907, 1333; L'opera completa di Van Dyck, 649; Alle tot nu toe bekende schilderijen van Van Dyck, 690; RKDimages ID: 232416 ; Museo del Prado artwork ID: f89676d9-34cc-46d9-b232-571faf9894ba
The Pietà or Sexta Angustia (1616 - 1619) is a work of Baroque sculpture by Gregorio Fernández, housed in the National Museum of Sculpture in Valladolid, Spain. The statue was commissioned by the Illustrious Penitential Brotherhood of Our Lady of Anguish. It is one of the best known of the five sculptures of the same theme by the artist.
Pietà is a 1571-1576 painting by El Greco, produced just after his arrival in Rome and with clear influence from Michelangelo, although the triangular composition is El Greco's own invention. In the background is a landscape scene. It is now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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The Spello Pietà is a fresco of the Pietà by Perugino executed in 1521–1522. It also shows John the Apostle and Mary Magdalene kneeling either side of the Virgin Mary. It is now sited in the left transept of the Chiesa Santa Maria Maggiore in Spello , but its origins are unknown.