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The Trinity and Mystic Pietà

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Original – The Trinity and Mystic Pietà (1512) by Hans Baldung. While God supporting his crucified son was a relatively popular artistic subject in the late 14th and early 15th centuries, it's fairly rare outside that time, and this is a good example of it; the Holy Spirit, in his traditional guise of a dove, completes the holy trinity of the title. The presence of the grieving Virgin Mary (along with St. John) provide the pietà part of the name. The little people at the foot of the painting are the likely commissioners of the piece – member of the Bettschold and Rothschild families, given the coats of arms present in the lower corners. The National Gallery, who hold the piece, highlight the fact that Baldung stresses "the human emotions of the mourners, and presenting even God the Father simply as a grieving parent."

Reason

Excellent scan of a superb painting

Articles in which this image appears

The Trinity and Mystic Pietà, Hans Baldung

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Hans Baldung

• Support as nominator – SchroCat (talk) 13:54, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support - great artwork. Hafspajen (talk) 14:23, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support -Jobas (talk) 22:09, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Great scan! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:57, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
• Support yup, excellent image.♦ Dr. Blofeld 07:50, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:Hans Baldung Grien - The Trinity and Mystic Pietà - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:55, 18 April 2015 (UTC)