Pietà

second half 16th century

Italian 16th Century

Attributed to

The sculpture shows a group of figures in front of a cross. Directly in front of the cross is a large figure with a robe and head covering, with its arms raised. Below that figure is another figure who is bare chested and slumped to the ground. On either side two smaller figures, each holding onto the arms of the slumped figure. The sculpture is made of bronze, giving it a brownish-gold color with a weathered and textured surface. The top of the sculpture has decorative clouds and a sun motif.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 12.9 x 8.9 cm (5 1/16 x 3 1/2 in.) gross weight: 300 gr

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.231

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Oscar Hainauer [d. 1894], Berlin; his wife, Julie Hainauer, Berlin; acquired 1906 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); by exchange 21 October 1920 to Joseph E. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Donatello, Michelangelo, Cellini: Sculptors' Drawings from Renaissance Italy, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, 2014-2015, no. 24, repro.

Bibliography

1897

  • Bode, Wilhelm von, ed. Die Sammlung Oscar Hainauer / The Collection of Oscar Hainauer. [bound as one volume, English and German pages interleaved in one page sequence] Berlin, 1897 and London, 1906: no. 184.

1908

  • A Cabinet of One Hundred & Thirty-Three Bronze Plaques and Medals of the Renaissance Period from the Collection of the Late Herr Oscar Hainauer of Berlin. Ed. Duveen Brothers. London, n.d. (but 1908): no. 120, repro.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 15.

Wikidata ID

Q63809663

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