''Pietà '' is an oil on panel painting by
Sebastiano del Piombo
Sebastiano del Piombo (; – 21 June 1547) was an Italian painter of the High Renaissance and early Mannerism, Mannerist periods, famous as the only major artist of the period to combine the colouring of the Venetian School (art), Venetian scho ...
, executed ''c.'' 1516–1517, now in the
Museo Civico located in the former cloister of the monastery adjacent to the church of
Santa Maria della Verità , Viterbo, region of Lazio, Italy.
It is the earliest evidence of collaboration between del Piombo and
Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6March 147518February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspir ...
(with the latter providing the cartoon for the work, as confirmed by the existence of preparatory studies) and was commissioned for the church of
San Francesco, Viterbo
The Basilica of St Francis () is a parish church and minor basilica located on Piazza San Francesco #6 in Viterbo, region of Lazio, Italy. The museological management of the church is run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. The church is just northea ...
by
Giovanni Botonti.
Sources
* Pierluigi De Vecchi ed Elda Cerchiari, ''I tempi dell'arte'', vol. 2, Milano, Bompiani, 1999, .
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Paintings by Sebastiano del Piombo
Paintings in Lazio
del Piombo
1517 paintings
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