Collection Online
Piétà
Medium
polychromed limewood
Measurements
57.0 × 44.9 × 21.1 cm
Place/s of Execution
South Germany
Accession Number
1997.170
Department
International Sculpture
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Mrs Anita Elizabeth Kuppenheim, 1997
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Carved in wood with polychrome surfaces and some gilding, the Pieta group with the figure of the dead Christ lying across the Virgin's knees. Consistent with the handling of works in this idiom, the back of the carving has been hollowed out with broad strokes of the gouge.