Michelangelo Pieta Marble

1498 1500 marble michelangelo carved a number of works in florence during his time with the medici but in the 1490s he left florence and briefly went to venice bologna and then to rome where he lived from 1496 1501.

Michelangelo pieta marble. The deposition also called the bandini pietà or the lamentation over the dead christ is a marble sculpture by the italian high renaissance master michelangelo the sculpture on which michelangelo worked between 1547 and 1555 depicts four figures. The monogram may stand for michelangelo mary or both. French cardinal jean de billheres who was looking for the most beautiful work of marble in rome to ornate his tomb commissioned a 24 year old michelangelo to create the pietà. Credit for sculpting the famous pietà now in st.

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. Peter s basilica vatican city it is the first of a number of works of the same theme by the artist. The dead body of jesus christ newly taken down from the cross nicodemus or possibly joseph of arimathea mary magdalene and the virgin mary. Pieta took the artist many months to complete during the years of 1498 99.

Michelangelo s pieta sculpture was created entirely in marble which was also what he used to create david and several other key sculptures. The loan of pieta to the 1964 world s fair in new york city was a high security undertaking. Michelangelo buonarroti florentine made this. 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.

For centuries the world has been captivated by the groundbreaking art of michelangelo working in multiple mediums the italian artist was a true renaissance man culminating in an impressive collection of world famous works that includes the sistine chapel ceiling an iconic interpretation of david and the pietà a monumental marble sculpture of the madonna cradling christ. According to several sources there were three versions of the art work where this sculpture is the last one. Other articles where pietà is discussed. As well as pieta michelangelo also created david too.

It is located in the museums of rondanini pieta of sforza castle in milan. It was commissioned by cardinal de billheres. 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.