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Palestrina Pietà

Artist	Attributed to Michelangelo
Year	c. 1555
Type	Marble
Dimensions	253 cm (100 in)
Location	Accademia Gallery, Florence

Palestrina Pietà is a marble sculpture by the Italian High Renaissance, dating from c. 1555 and housed in the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy. It was formerly attributed to Michelangelo, but now it is mostly considered to have been completed by someone else. The sculpture depicts three figures, one of them the body of the deceased Jesus Christ.

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Michelangelo

Key: *Attributed · †Lost

Sculptures

Florence, c. 1488–92	†Head of a Faun (c. 1488) · Madonna of the Stairs (c. 1491) · Battle of the Centaurs (c. 1492) · Crucifix (1492)

Bologna, 1494–95	Additions to the Ark of St Dominic (St Petronius, St Proclus , Angel)

Rome, 1496–1500	†Sleeping Cupid (1496) · †Standing Cupid · Bacchus (1496–97) · Pietà (1499–1500)

Florence, 1501–5	David (1501-04) · Madonna of Bruges (1501–04) · St. Paul (1503–04) · St. Peter (1503–04) · Pius (1503–04) · Taddei Tondo (c. 1503) · Pitti Tondo (c. 1503) · St. Matthew (c. 1505)

Tomb of Pope Julius II	Moses (c. 1513–15) · Rebellious Slave (1513–16) · Dying Slave (1513–16) · Young Slave (c. 1519–36) · Bearded Slave (c. 1519–36) · Atlas Slave (c. 1519–36) · Awakening Slave (c. 1519–36) · The Genius of Victory (c. 1532–34) · Rachel (1545) · Leah (1545)

Florence, 1516–34	Cristo della Minerva (Christ Carrying the Cross) (1519–20) · Apollo (David) (c. 1530) · Crouching Boy (c. 1530-34)

Medici Chapel (1519–34)	Giuliano de' Medici · Day · Night · Lorenzo de' Medici · Dawn · Dusk · Medici Madonna

Rome, 1534–64	Brutus (1538) · Florentine Pietà (c. 1550) · *Palestrina Pietà (c. 1555) · Rondanini Pietà (1552–64)

Paintings

Panel paintings	*The Torment of Saint Anthony (c. 1487-88) · Manchester Madonna (c. 1497) · Doni Tondo (c. 1503–06) · The Entombment (c. 1505) · †Leda and the Swan (1530)

Sala Grande	†Battle of Cascina (1504)

Sistine Chapel	Ceiling (1508–12; including Separation of Light from Darkness, Creation of Adam, Jonah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Isaiah, Joel, Ezekiel, Zechariah) · The Last Judgment (1534–41)

Cappella Paolina	The Martyrdom of St Peter · The Conversion of Saul

Architecture

Florence	New Sacristy (1520–34) and Laurentian Library (1523–59) in the Basilica of San Lorenzo

Rome	Piazza del Campidoglio (1538) · Palazzo Farnese (1546) · St. Peter's Basilica (1546–1564) · San Giovanni dei Fiorentini (1559–60) · Porta Pia (1561–65) · Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri (1561–)

Works on paper

Study of a Kneeling Nude Girl for The Entombment (c. 1500–1501) · Epifania (c. 1550–53)

Milieu

Cecchino dei Bracci · Tommaso dei Cavalieri · Vittoria Colonna · Ascanio Condivi · Sebastiano del Piombo · Febo di Poggio · Luigi del Riccio · Gherardo Perini

List of works by Michelangelo · Casa Buonarroti · Wikimedia Commons · Wikiquote

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