Copy after Sarto's Pieta
Artistafter
Andrea del Sarto
(Italian, 1486 - 1530)
Dateearly 1600s
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFrame: 54 3/4 x 67 x 4 in. (139.1 x 170.2 x 10.2 cm)
Image: 41 × 53 in. (104.1 × 134.6 cm)
Image: 41 × 53 in. (104.1 × 134.6 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN522
Andrea del Sarto was the leading painter in Florence in the early 16th century, having studied with Piero di Cosimo (whose work can be seen in Gallery 4). This Pietà, a later copy of a painting Andrea made about 1515-1520, shows the complex poses, studied
rendering of light, and unexpected juxtapositions of color that are typical of his style. The figure of the Virgin is deliberately enlarged, balancing out the strong horizontal of Christ’s lifeless, outstretched body.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 06, Wall East
18th Century
Girolamo Romanino
