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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Pietà
Image View:
Detail, distant landscape behind the Virgin Mary
Creator:
Giovanni Bellini (Italian painter, ca.1431-1516)
Location:
repository: Brera Museum (Milan, Lombardy, Italy) 228
Location Note:
Via Brera 28
GPS:
45.471944 9.188056
Date:
1467-1470 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera on wood panel
Technique:
painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
86 cm (height) x 107 cm (width)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; Jesus Christ; John, the Apostle, Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Description:
The panel, dated to the years between 1465 and 1470, marks an evident emancipation of the artist from the influence of Andrea Mantegna, to whom he was linked not just by cultural affinities but also by close ties of kinship (they were brothers-in-law). Bellini immerses the scene in an atmosphere of natural light, softening the tones and concentrating not so much on the construction of a rigorous perspective as on conveying the sorrowful humanity of the protagonists. In this way he creates a new language that will become, in the years to come, his personal and unmistakable stylistic mark. (Source: Brera Pinacoteca [website]; http://pinacotecabre ra.org/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-BELLINI-P-A07
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Pietà