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The Pietà

Marcantonio RaimondiLinkedCulture matchlcp-0209090d3d3a

Date: c. 1515–17
Medium: engraving
Culture: Italy, 16th century
Department: Prints
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 123670

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The pietà—a scene of the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Christ—was a traditional subject for sculpture in Northern Europe. Michelangelo’s sculpted Pietà of 1498 brought the composition to Italy and infused it with the idealism of classical sculpture. His contemporary, Raphael, designed this version of the scene two decades later, which was then engraved by Marcantonio Raimondi. It builds upon Michelangelo’s sculpted version but focuses on Mary’s statuesque pose and her intense expression of grief. The dead Christ—still idealized and classical in form—is laid before her rather than held in her lap.

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Credit line: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Provenance: with Richard H. Zinser, New York | The Cleveland Print Club, Cleveland, OH | 1944: Gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH