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Michelangelo: Pietà Pietà portable silver shrine Sculpture of the Pieta with Christ in the arms of the Virgin Mary, set in an ornate gold and green Gothic-style altar in St. Katharine Church, Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia.
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Michelangelo: Pietà
Michelangelo: Pietà Pietà, marble sculpture by Michelangelo, 1499; in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.

Pietà

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Pietà, as a theme in Christian art, depiction of the Virgin Mary supporting the body of the dead Christ. Some representations of the Pietà include John the Apostle, Mary Magdalene, and sometimes other figures on either side of the Virgin, but the great majority show only Mary and her Son. The Pietà was widely represented in both painting and sculpture, being one of the most poignant visual expressions of popular concern with the emotional aspects...

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