Pietà
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 ex...
Images (2)
Drawing
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id
7018
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| contentType |
contentType
drawing
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [1897 catalogue: no. 165, as Guido Reni]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
2
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source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_37.1125_Fnt_SL.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_37.1125_Fnt_SL.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_37.1125_Fnt_SL.jpg |
| imageCount | 2 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1125 |
Terms
Medium
oil on canvas
Relations
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