Giuseppe Lirioni reconstructed four fingers on this work that were broken when it was moved, but may have taken liberties with its hand gesture.
It was commissioned by Cardinal Jean de Billheres, whose funeral monument it once adorned. Giuseppe Lirioni reconstructed four fingers on this work that were broken when it was moved, but may have taken liberties with its hand gesture. After its artist overheard a group of people attributing the work to Cristoforo Solari, he added his name to this piece on a sash across one figure's chest. The figures are out of proportion; if the smaller character were normally sized, the larger would be sixteen feet tall. FTP, name this statue of Mary holding the body of Christ after his crucifixion, the first major work of Michelangelo.
It was commissioned by Cardinal Jean de Billheres, whose funeral monument it once adorned.
Michelangelo's Pieta