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Giovanni Bellini: Pietą

Giovanni Bellini ca. 1430 – 1516

Pietą

oil on panel (65 × 87 cm) — c. 1505
Galleria dell'Accademia, Venice

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Bellini was in his seventies when he made this pieta. Previously, in 1465, he had also depicted the subject of the mourning mother but with a standing Mary.

The background shows several buildings in Venice.

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