Pieta

Pieta

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
pen and black chalk heightened with white pigment on grey-blue laid paper
Measurements
28.0 × 18.3 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Italy
Accession Number
2038-4
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr Daryl Lindsay, 1949
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
angels (spirits) Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian character) deaths Jesus Christ (Christian character) Pietà (Christian iconography)

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