Pietà

Overwhelmed by her helplessness and pain, Mary holds her dead son in her lap. Pale colours and the pathos of marbles by Michelangelo and from antiquity are concentrated into a scene suffused with the silence of death. A crown of thorns and bloody nails in the gloom of the tomb point to the agonies suffered; at the same time, they offer the devout believer reference points for prayers and spiritual immersion, as befitted the intentions of the Counter-Reformation.

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kabinett 11

Object data

Object Name

Painting

Culture

Italian, Emilian

Dated

around 1603

Artist

Annibale Carracci (1560 Bologna - 1609 Rom) - GND

Material

copper

Dimensions

Overall: 41,3 cm × 60,7 cm
Framed: 62,5 cm × 81,8 cm × 5 cm

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie

Inv. No.

Gemäldegalerie, 230

Provenance

Coll. Leopold Wilhelm

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