Year 1616-1619 (1616-1619) Medium Polichrome wood | Type Sculpture Artist Gregorio Fernández | |
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Dimensions 175 cm × 218 cm × 140 cm (69 in × 86 in × 55 in) Location National Sculpture Museum, Valladolid People also search for Christ at the Column, Cristo Yacente of El Pardo, Sant Antoni de Pàdua | ||
The Pietà or Sexta Angustia (1619) is a work of Baroque sculpture by Gregorio Fernández, housed in the National Museum of Sculpture in Valladolid, Spain. The statue was commissioned by the Illustrious Penitential Brotherhood of Our Lady of Anguish. It is one of the best known of the five sculptures of the same theme by the artist.
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The sculpture shows the Virgin holding up one hands with Christ's body slumped lifeless to the floor. It was part of a "paso" which paraded in religious processions during Holly Week, together with the sculptures of the good thief and the impenitent thief, and Saint John and the Virgin Mary.
The other Pietà
Precedent
There was a tradition of sculptured Pietàs in Castillian art by artists such Juan de Juni or Francisco del Rincón.
References
Pietà (Gregorio Fernández) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA