Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Pietà
Alternate Title:
Deposition
Image View:
Overall view from back
Creator:
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian sculptor, 1475-1564)
Location:
repository: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza del Duomo, 9
GPS:
43.772333 11.256222
Date:
ca. 1547-1555 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
226 cm (height)
Subjects:
New Testament; self-portrait; Jesus Christ; Mary Magdalene, Saint; Nicodemus
Description:
Michelangelo's last sculptures were two Pietàs. This might have been planned to decorate his tomb. In a moment of despair in 1555, the artist struck off the left arm and leg of Christ. His pupil, Tiberio Calcagni (1532-1565) continued the work, completed Mary Magdalene, restored the missing arm and prepared a replacement for the leg, as shown by the groove on the base. After Calcagni's death, work was never resumed on the group. Michelangelo gave it to his servant Antonio in 1561. The figure of Nicodemus, who is holding the body of Jesus, just taken down from the Cross, close to his breast in sorrow, is probably a hidden self-portrait of Michelangelo. (Source: Web Gallery of Art; http://www.wga.hu/in dex.html)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-MB-MOD-P-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Pietà