Pietà
(17th century)
Medium
polychromed wood
Measurements
48.6 × 30.4 × 17.7 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Howard Spensley, 1939
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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German Expressionism
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Second Nature
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Jewellery 1900–76
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Hans Heysen Centenary Retrospective 1877 – 1977
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Stanislaw Halpern
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Dürer and his time
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Ernst Ludwig KirchnerOfficer and waitress
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Jean Ipoustéguy’s Death of the father at the NGV: marble, metal and lots of ink
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Crucifixion
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Rembrandt’s watermarked papers at the National Gallery of Victoria
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From Cologne to Melbourne: The watermark collection of Canon Ludwig von Büllingen
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Fragile flight of memory
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Luigi Boccherini
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Portrait group: The singer Farinelli and friends
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A salute to Frau-haus!
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The influence of nature
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Florence Henri Nude composition (Nu composition)
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A riveting past
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