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BELLINI, Giovanni: Dead Christ Supported by the Madonna and St John (Pietà)

🖼 Dead Christ Supported by the Madonna and St John (Pietà), 1455
Tempera on wood
44 × 34 cm
Bergamo, Italy

Grief-stricken figures cradle Christ's lifeless body in tender poses, rendered with delicate modeling and soft golden light against marble. This quintessential Pietà established the emotional intensity and compositional template that defined Renaissance devotional imagery across Italy.

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E. H. Gombrich
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