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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Pietà

🖼 Pietà, 1533-34
Black chalk
254 × 318 cm
Paris, France

Marble tenderness captures Mary cradling her dead son, rendered with impossible anatomical grace and emotional restraint. This Renaissance masterpiece redefined devotional sculpture, establishing Michelangelo's unmatched technical brilliance and establishing the Pietà as Christianity's most powerful visual statement of grief.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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