#Pietà

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Virgil Rainer, Pietà, ca. 1910

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Pietà by Gustave Moreau

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MICHELANGELO'S PIETÀ: A POSSIBLE PORTRAIT OF JUAN BORGIA AND HIS MOTHER, VANNOZZA DEI CATTANEI

One of Michelangelo Buonarroti's best-known works, the Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica, was created between 1498 — 1499. It was originally commissioned by a French cardinal, Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas, who intended it for his tomb in Saint Petronilla. The sculpture was later moved to its current location in 1749.

At the time of its creation in 1498, Pope Alexander VI was in power. It was rumored then that the faces of Mary and Christ in the Pietà were modeled after Vannozza dei Cattanei, Rodrigo Borgia's mistress, and their son, Juan Borgia, Duke of Gandia. In his classic work I Borgia: storia e iconografia, renowned Italian author Mario Menotti thoroughly analyzes the iconography of the Borgia family. According to Menotti, this was not the only time Vannozza was depicted as Mary. She may have also served as the model in The Annunciation (1501) by Pinturicchio. Juan Borgia was murdered in 1497 at the age of 23, his body thrown into the Tiber, causing profound sorrow for both his father and mother. Michelangelo's work, created barely a year after Juan's murder, may have been inspired by Johannes Burchard's description of Juan's body, which appeared “almost more handsome than when he was alive.” In the Carrara marble sculpture, Juan's features balance early forms of naturalism with the Renaissance ideals of classical beauty, aligning closely with Burchard's remark.

ARTWORKS: Sculpture: Pietà (1498-1499) by Michelangelo Paintings: (left) Juan Borgia in "In the Room of the Saints" (1492 -1494) by Pinturicchio. (right) Juan Borgia in "Miracle of the Knight of Cologne" (1510) by Miguel Esteve.

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Pietà (1876, oil on canvas) | William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Pietà (15th Century).

[circamariam]

Pietà.

By Michelangelo.

In depth explanation of the statue:

Michelangelo finished the Pieta when he was just 24 years old. He explained that although Mary must have been around fifty at the time of Christ’s death, he made her face youthful because purity supposedly made people look younger.

The Pieta symbolizes the Eucharist. Mary’s left hand is gesturing to us as though she is offering Jesus. Her right hand holds Jesus’s body through a cloth, the way the priest wraps his hand in cloth when blessing with the Blessed Sacrament.

After someone credited the Pieta to another artist, Michelangelo printed his name on Mary’s sash. Since it was an afterthought, the letters are squeezed together. This is his only signed work. 

In the Sistine Chapel’s Final Judgment painting, Mary is against the side of Jesus looking at the redeemed. She is no longer an intercessor. Christ is portrayed as Apollo, the sun god.

En Español:

Piedad del Vaticano (Pietà).

Por Miguel Ángel.

explicación detallada de esta estatua:

Miguel Ángel terminó la Piedad cuando tenía sólo 24 años. Explicó que aunque María debía tener alrededor de cincuenta años en el momento de la muerte de Cristo, él hizo que su rostro fuera juvenil porque supuestamente la pureza hacía que las personas parecieran más jóvenes.

La Piedad simboliza la Eucaristía. La mano izquierda de María nos hace un gesto como si estuviera ofreciendo a Jesús. Su mano derecha sostiene el cuerpo de Jesús a través de un paño, de la misma manera que el sacerdote envuelve su mano en un paño cuando bendice con el Santísimo Sacramento. Después de que alguien atribuyó la Piedad a otro artista, Miguel Ángel imprimió su nombre en la banda de María. Como fue una idea de último momento, las letras están apretadas. Esta es su única obra firmada.

En el cuadro del Juicio Final de la Capilla Sixtina, María está al lado de Jesús mirando a los redimidos. Ella ya no es una intercesora. Cristo es retratado como Apolo, el dios sol.

Daily Marian Posts by Circa Mariam.

[peanutbutterontheroofofyourmouth]

Another art rescued from the archives, this time it's my one and only Hades fanart based off of Michaelangelo's "Pietà" drawn entirely with pencil. Looking back at it after over four years, I think there's a lot of room for improvement in how I drew it. A pomegranate in Persephone's hand would be amazing too...

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Io ci sto mettendo tutto l'impegno del mondo e mi sto sforzando tantissimo e mi sto stancando tantissimo. Ma qua tutto è fumo che svanisce con un colpo di vento, ogni mattina mi pare di ricominciare da zero in una vita che non è la mia. Non ho una sola certezza, tutto trema e rischia di cadermi addosso ogni santo giorno.

*prenderefiato*

[andrei-is-alive-sadly]

"But I forgive you. All of us do. I won't give up on you, even like this. I believe in you... Curly, Let's eat...Let's survive."

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Pietà

Inspired by @freshprinceofverone 's fanfic Sorrows

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Pietà

Anselm Kiefer

oil, emulsion, acrylic, shellac, brambles, cardboard and dried roses on canvas, in artist's frame

Executed in 2007

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Pietà, La Rochelle cathedral [detail] (1876) | William Adolphe Bouguereau

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Pietà (after Delacroix), Vincent van Gogh (1889) / Mickey 17 dir. Bong Joon Ho (2025)

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2024 – 624

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image sur papier photographique

format A6 

collée sur support bristol 

format A5

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Agnolo Bronzino: Pietà

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Pietà is an oil painting of 1876 by the French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau, depicting the Pietà. It is in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art. It depicts the Blessed Mother holding the body of Jesus brought down from the cross in her arms.

en Español:

Piedad (en Idioma italiano Pietà)es una cuadro del pintor francés William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Realizado en 1876, es una representación de la Virgen María sosteniendo el cuerpo fallecido de Jesucristo momentos después de su descendimiento de la cruz; este tema es muy recurrente en el Arte sacro donde a veces es mencionado en italiano como Pietà.

Daily Marian posts of Circa Mariam.