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Dead Christ Supported by Angels

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Pietà
ArtistGiovanni Bellini
Yearca. 1470
Mediumtempera on panel
Dimensions80.5 cm × 120 cm (31.7 in × 47 in)
LocationMuseo della città, Rimini

Pietà or Dead Christ Supported by Angels is a tempera-on-panel painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Bellini, now in the city museum of Rimini. It is dated to around 1470, making it one of his early mature works, around the same time as another of his Pietà (Brera).

Bibliography

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  • (in Italian) Mariolina Olivari, Giovanni Bellini, in AA.VV., Pittori del Rinascimento, Scala, Firenze 2007. ISBN 888117099X