Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Pietà
1498–1499
Carrara marble, 174 x 195 cm
San Pietro, Vaticano
Michelangelo‘s only signature, carved across the Virgin’s sash: “Michael. Agelus. Bonarotus Florent Faciebat”.
See also:
Turner, Joseph (1775-1851)
A Copy of Michelangelo’s Pieta
1827
Tate Britain, London