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Pietà of theTear

Giovanni Francesco Caroto1520 - 1524

Museo di Castelvecchio

Museo di Castelvecchio
Verona, Italy

In his religious subjects Caroto always attempts to accentuate the sentiment and pathos of the image, here evident in the reddened eyes and tears of the figures supporting the dead body of Christ. The rocky backdrop isolates the principal figures, arranged in a pyramidal composition, and obscures all but the bare essentials of the story, the three crosses in the distance.

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  • Title: Pietà of theTear
  • Creator: Giovan Francesco Caroto (Verona 1478/1482 - 1555)
  • Date Created: 1520 - 1524
  • Physical Dimensions: H 131 x L 98 cm
  • Provenance: Verona, Bevilacqua; Francesco Caldana; Cesare Bernasconi; in the Museum since 1871
  • Type: painting
  • Medium: oil on canvas
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