Pieta Marble Statue

It measures 174 cm 195 cm 68 5 in 76 8 in and is currently stored at st.

Pieta marble statue.

It s the complete lack of resistance that his body offers and the exertion that she has to extend in order to hold him. Peter s basilica in vatican city. Pieta took the artist many months to complete during the years of 1498 99. 1 16 of over 1 000 results for pieta statue top collection la pieta by michelangelo statue museum grade replica in premium sculpted resin 10 inch tall figurine with white marble finish 4 8 out of 5 stars 139.

Peter s basilica vatican city it is the first of a number of works of the same theme by the artist. 1498 1499 is a work of renaissance sculpture by michelangelo buonarroti housed in st. The rondanini pieta is a marble sculpture by michelangelo on which he worked on from 1522 until the last days of his life in 1564. The statue was commissioned for the french cardinal jean de bilhères who was a representative in rome the sculpture in carrara marble was made for the.

And you really feel first of all that the marble is transformed by michelangelo into flesh but also the weight of that body and through that weight the loss of life that s so palpable for mary. Michelangelo claimed that the block of carrara marble he used to work on this was the most perfect block he ever used and he would go on to polish and refine this work more than any other statue he created. Michelangelo s pieta sculpture was created entirely in marble which was also what he used to create david and several other key sculptures.