Pietà
mid-16th century
Medium
Gilt bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 6 5/8 × 4 1/2 in. (16.8 × 11.4 cm)
Classification
Medals and Plaquettes
Culture
Italian, Rome
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Henry Victor Burgy, 1901
Accession Number
01.23.151
Tags
About the Artist
Michelangelo Buonarroti · 1475–1564
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564) stands as the quintessential figure of the Italian High Renaissance, a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet whose mastery across disciplines embodied the era's humanist ideals. Born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese within the Republic of Florence to a modest family—his father, Lodovico di Buonarroti Simoni, served as a minor magistrate—Michelang...