File:Francesco de Mura - Pietà - Walters 371125.jpg
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Summary
Francesco de Mura: Pietà
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| Title |
Pietà |
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painting  |
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| Genre |
religious art |
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| Description |
English: A Pietà (meaning compassion in Italian) is the image of the Virgin Mary mourning her dead son. In the Bible, she mourns along with others. Isolating her focuses the viewer's attention on her suffering and her compassion for her son's suffering, thereby offering the ultimate example for pious Catholics.
The idealized, muscular body of the dead Christ is set off against the stately, pyramidal figure of Mary in her voluminous robe and presented to the viewer so that he or she, like the Virgin Mary, can meditate on Christ's sacrifice. The silvery tones, like the ahistorical setting, lend an aura of timelessness to the subject. |
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| Depicted people |
Jesus |
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| Date | between circa 1725 and circa 1730 (Baroque) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Painted surface height: 64 cm (25.1 in); width: 49.3 cm (19.4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
37.1125 |
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| Place of creation | Naples, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | Federico Zeri (1976) (in English) Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, no. 437 , pp. 549 OCLC: 2463997. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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