The Virgin with the Dead Christ (Pieta)
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The Virgin with the Dead Christ (Pieta)
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Published 2018-10-31T15:51:28+00:00
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This is a lime wood sculpture, an example of a pieta. The pieta is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. As such, it is a particular form of the Lamentation of Christ, a scene from the Passion of Christ found in cycles of the Life of Christ. When Christ and the Virgin are surrounded by other figures from the New Testament, the subject is strictly called a lamentation in English, although pietà is often used for this as well, and is the normal term in Italian.
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| Date published | 31/10/2018 |
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| Title | The Virgin with the Dead Christ |
| Date | circa 1435 |
| Accession | inv. 7669 |
| Credit | Acquired in 1914 |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Bode Museum |
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