Pietà (Bellini, Milan) Explained

Pietà
Artist:Giovanni Bellini
Year:1455–1460
Medium:tempera on panel
Height Metric:48
Width Metric:38
City:Milan
Museum:Museo Poldi Pezzoli

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).

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