This sculpture shows the Virgin Mary holding the body of Jesus, which has been taken down from the Cross. She looks at him with gentle grief, love, and sorrow. Her beautiful face seems to be very young. Criticized for this, Michelangelo explained that Mary in her purity would not show the effects of aging. Her body and the drapery of her gown are exaggerated in size to hold the body of Christ.
Michelangelo
Pieta
Michelangelo
The cardinal who commissioned it.
Across the chest of the Virgin
Michelangelo
Michelangelo completed the Pieta in 1499.
There are hundreds of sculptures in the Vatican. You would have to describe which one you mean
Michelangelo
Pieta
Michelangelo
The Pieta was sculpted in 1499, when Michelangelo was 24 years old.
Michelangelo did.
It is a marble sculpture.
The cardinal who commissioned it.
The Pieta is one of Michelangelo's works that got attacked.
A cardinal commissioned him to do this work.