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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Study for the Colonna Pietà

🖼 Study for the Colonna Pietà, c. 1538
Black chalk
295 × 195 cm
Boston, USA

Delicate charcoal lines sketch Mary cradling Christ's limp body, their forms barely emerging from paper's whiteness. This preparatory study reveals Michelangelo's intimate compositional process and his evolving approach to grief and maternal devotion during his later years.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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