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The Madonna della Pietà colloquially known as La Pietà (Italian: [maˈdɔnna della pjeˈta]; 1498–1499) is a Roman Catholic Italian Carrara marble sculpture of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary at Mount Golgotha, a subject in art known as the Pietà.
The paintings dates to the period where Bellini began to outgrow the artistic influence of Andrea Mantegna, his brother-in-law.Via the Sampieri collection in Bologna (catalogue no. 454), it entered Brera in 1811 as a gift from the viceroy of Eugene de Beauharnais's Kingdom of Italy.
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.
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.
The Palestrina Pietà is a marble sculpture of the Italian Renaissance, dating from c. 1555 and now in the Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence.It was formerly attributed to Michelangelo, but now it is mostly considered to have been completed by someone else, such as Niccolò Menghini [1] or Gian Lorenzo Bernini. [2]
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.
The fresco. 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.
"Senza pietà" (transl. "Mercilessly", lit. "Without mercy") is a 1999 song composed by Claudio Guidetti with lyrics by Alberto Salerno, performed by Italian singer Anna Oxa.