It is located in the museums of rondanini pieta of sforza castle in milan.
Pieta marble statue.
Pieta took the artist many months to complete during the years of 1498 99.
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.
It s the complete lack of resistance that his body offers and the exertion that she has to extend in order to hold him.
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.
1498 1499 is a work of renaissance sculpture by michelangelo buonarroti housed in st.
Peter s basilica in vatican city.
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Peter s basilica vatican city it is the first of a number of works of the same theme by the artist.
According to several sources there were three versions of the art work where this sculpture is the last one.
It measures 174 cm 195 cm 68 5 in 76 8 in and is currently stored at st.