Pieta Marble Statue

According to several sources there were three versions of the art work where this sculpture is the last one.

Pieta marble statue.

Michelangelo s pieta sculpture was created entirely in marble which was also what he used to create david and several other key sculptures. 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. It is located in the museums of rondanini pieta of sforza castle in milan.

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. Pieta took the artist many months to complete during the years of 1498 99. It measures 174 cm 195 cm 68 5 in 76 8 in and is currently stored at st. 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.

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. The scene of the pieta shows the virgin mary holding the dead body of christ after his crucifixion death and removal from the. Peter s basilica in vatican city.