Pietà (El Greco) Explained

Pietà
Artist:	El Greco
Year:	1571-1576
Medium:	tempera on panel
Height Metric:	28.9
Width Metric:	20
Museum:	Philadelphia Museum of Art

Pietà is a 1571-1576 painting by El Greco, produced just after his arrival in Rome and with clear influence from Michelangelo, although the triangular composition is El Greco's own invention. In the background is a landscape scene. It is now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

See also

• List of works by El Greco

Bibliography

• ÁLVAREZ LOPERA, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). .
• SCHOLZ-HÄNSEL, Michael, El Greco, Colonia, Taschen, 2003. .

External links

• Web site: Catalogue entry.
• Web site: Article on Artehistoria. https://web.archive.org/web/20120219023239/http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/genios/cuadros/6343.htm. dead. 2012-02-19. Spanish.

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