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Tilman Riemenschneider

Pietà, ca. 1515-1525

Now On View

Description

Maker

  • Tilman Riemenschneider, 1460-1531, German

Title

Pietà

Year

ca. 1515-1525

Medium

Linden wood

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • linden,
  • wood,
  • polychromatic,
  • polychrome

Dimensions

45.7 x 38.1 x 13.2 cm (18 x 15 x 5 3/16 inches)

Type

  • Sculpture

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

59.128

Projects & Publications

Publications

Teaching Notes / Artists' Ideas, Materials, and Process

Read Online

Selected Works

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Intermission

December 16, 2016 - July 2, 2017

From the Reserve I

April 9 - August 3, 1994

European Galleries

In this small sculpture, Mary grieves the death of her son. She supports his broken body and raises one hand in lamentation.

The figures are carved from linden wood, a material sculptors value for its softness and subtle grain. Fine incisions reveal the expressive faces, while deeper cuts frame the figures with drapery. The size of the work suggests that it could have been used as a private devotional object, but Riemenschneider might have made it as a model for a larger sculpture to be executed with the help of assistants in his workshop.

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