Pietà (Bellini, Milan)
Appearance
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Artist | Giovanni Bellini |
Year | 1455–1460 |
Medium | tempera on panel |
Dimensions | 48 cm × 38 cm (19 in × 15 in) |
Location | Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan |
Pietà is a tempera-on-panel painting executed c.1455–1460 by the Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Bellini, now in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milan. One of his earliest works, it is the prototype for his long series of other Pietas such as Pietà (Bergamo).
Bibliography
[edit]- Mariolina Olivari, Giovanni Bellini, in AA.VV., Pittori del Rinascimento, Scala, Firenze 2007. ISBN 888117099X