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 ...

Gregorio Fernández Gregorio Fernández (April 1576 – 22 January 1636) was a Spanish Baroque sculptor. He belongs to the Castilian school of sculpture, following the style of other great artists like Alonso Berruguete, Juan de Juni, Pompeyo Leoni, and Juan de Ar ...

, housed in the National Museum of Sculpture in

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, 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

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s during Holly Week, together with the sculptures of the

good thief The Penitent Thief, also known as the Good Thief, Wise Thief, Grateful Thief, or Thief on the Cross, is one of two unnamed thieves in Luke's account of the crucifixion of Jesus in the New Testament. The Gospel of Luke describes him asking Jesu ...

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''),

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. Attribution. *''Pietà'' (ca. 1620) from ''St. Clare's Monastery'' in

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. *''Quinta Angustia'' (ca.1625-1627), housed in the ''church of Saint Martín'' in

. *''Pietà'' (ca. 1628) from the ''church of Saint Mary'' in

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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 Juan de Juni (Fr. Jean de Joigny; c. 1507–1577) was a French–Spanish sculptor, who also worked as a painter and architect. Career Juan de Juni was born in Joigny, France, but began working in Italy, where he was first employed. In 1533 ...

or Francisco del Rincón.

References

External links

National Museum of Sculpture

The Pietà - Google Cultural Institute
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The other Pietà

Precedent

See also

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