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| Keywords: Master of the Rimini Crucifixion - Pietà - Walters 27349.jpg Pietà is the name given to the image of Christ's mother sorrowing over her dead son The ultimate model of human piety she provided a perfect image for private meditation Northern artists often conveyed the extreme emotion of the subject through angular rigid forms especially in their depiction of Christ's dead body The Pietà as a subject was developed in northern Europe during the late 14th century This interpretation belongs to a stylistically related group of sculptures some of which were exported to Rimini Italy Beginning around 1500 the subject was adopted by Italian artists and it may well have been a sculpture such as this one that inspired Michelangelo's great Pietà in the Basilica of Saint Peter in Rome ca 1425 1435 late Medieval alabaster cm 34 3 29 1 13 4 accession number 27 349 3621 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1913 The International Style The Arts in Europe Around 1400 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1962 place of origin Westphalia Germany Walters Art Museum license Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Master of the Rimini Crucifixion Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
