Pieta; The Body of Christ Supported by the Virgin, Another Female Saint, and St. Joseph of Arimathea

Cherubino Albertica. 1560-1590

Details

Title: Pieta; The Body of Christ Supported by the Virgin, Another Female Saint, and St. Joseph of Arimathea
Creator: Cherubino Alberti after Michelangelo Buonarroti
Date Created: ca. 1560-1590
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1958
Materials & Techniques: Engraving
Keywords: Bible, Jesus, mothers, New Testament, religions, religious art
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 465 mm x 307 mm (18.31 in. x 12.09 in.).
Bibliography: Bartsch 23 (vol. 17, p. 58), cat. 90, no. 5; Patricia Emison, The Simple Art: Printed Images in an Age of Magnificence (Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire, 2006), cat. no. 1, pp. 25–26; Bernardine Barnes, Michelangelo in Print: Reproductions as Response in the Sixteenth Century (Ashgate, 2010), pp. 146–148, plate 6.1
Associated People: Created by Cherubino Alberti (Italian, 1553-1615), After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564)
Accession Number: 1958.51.1

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