The ''Pietà'' or ''Sexta Angustia'' (1616 - 1619) is a work of
Baroque sculpture
Baroque sculpture is the sculpture associated with the Baroque style of the period between the early 17th and mid 18th centuries. In Baroque sculpture, groups of figures assumed new importance, and there was a dynamic movement and energy of human ...
by
Gregorio Fernández, housed in the
National Museum of Sculpture in
Valladolid, Spain. The statue was commissioned by the
Illustrious Penitential Brotherhood of Our Lady of Anguish. It is one of the best known of the five sculptures of the same theme by the artist.
The sculpture shows the Virgin Mary holding up one hand with Christ's body slumped lifeless to the floor, by her feet. It was part of a "
paso" which paraded in religious
processions during Holly Week, together with the sculptures of the
good thief and the
impenitent thief, and Saint John and the Virgin Mary.
The other Pietà
*''Pietà'' (1610 – 1612). ''Church of Our Lady of the Mount Carmel'' (Spanish: ''Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen''),
Burgos. Attribution.
*''Pietà'' (ca. 1620) from ''St. Clare's Monastery'' in
Carrión de los Condes
Carrión de los Condes () is a municipality in the province of Palencia, part of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León, Spain.
It is 40 kilometers from Palencia, on the French Way of the Way of Saint James.
History
Carrión de los Condes ...
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*''Quinta Angustia'' (ca.1625-1627), housed in the ''church of Saint Martín'' in
Valladolid.
*''Pietà'' (ca. 1628) from the ''church of Saint Mary'' in
La Bañeza
La Bañeza () is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2010 census ( INE), the municipality had a population of 11,050 inhabitants.
It is the capital of the region of Tierra de La Bañeza.
Z ...
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File:Pietá. Convento del Carmen (Burgos). Gregorio Fernández.jpg, ''Pietà''. Burgos
File:Piedad. Monasterio de Santa Clara.JPG, ''Pietà''. Monasterio de Santa Clara
File:La Bañeza - Iglesia de Santa Maria 07.jpg, ''Pietà''. La Bañeza
File:Quinta Angustia 20131226.jpg, ''Quinta Angustia''. Valladolid
Precedent
There was a tradition of sculptured Pietàs in Castillian art by artists such
Juan de Juni or Francisco del Rincón.
See also
*
List of statues of Jesus
References
External links
National Museum of SculptureThe Pietà - Google Cultural Institute
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1610s sculptures
Sculptures by Gregorio Fernández
Fernandez