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Many artists have done this subject matter. The one you might be thinking of is by Michelangelo, circa 1499.

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The 'pieta' is a painting or sculpture of The Virgin Mary holding the body of Christ. Quite few of the medieval and Rennaissance artists did pietas,the best known of which is by Michelangelo

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