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The Pietà (Italian: [maˈdɔnna della pjeˈta]; "[Our Lady of] Pity"; 1498–1499) is a Carrara marble sculpture of Jesus and Mary at Mount Golgotha representing the "Sixth Sorrow" of the Virgin Mary by Michelangelo Buonarroti, in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, for which it was made.
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
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The theme of the Pietà, so dear to the sculptor Michelangelo, is addressed in a highly emotional composition, as in the Crucifixion for Colonna. The dead Jesus is cradled between the grieving Mary's legs, who raises her arms to heaven as two angels also raise Christ's arms at right angles.
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.
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Nothing definite is known about Gallego's artistic training, but his naturalistic handling of form and technical style strongly link him to Flemish painting, especially the artist Rogier van der Weyden. [1]
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