Palestrina Pietà Self-researched

Biblical Context

Lamentation (Pietà) - The mourning over Christ's body after the Crucifixion.

A marble sculpture depicting the dead Christ supported by the Virgin Mary and another figure. Formerly attributed to Michelangelo, but now considered to have possibly been completed by someone else, such as Niccolò Menghini or Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The attribution remains controversial.

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