Pietà (copy from Michelangelo)

Leone Leoni

Also this copy of Michelangelo’s Pietà comes from the famous Casa degli Omenoni, where Leone Leoni kept his collection of plaster casts. Leoni’s collection later became the property of Bartolomeo Calchi, who – as the Latin inscription on the base recalls – donated this copy of Michelangelo’s masterpiece to the Ambrosiana. It is important to note that this copy shows us the state the original was in prior to the 1736 restoration of the Virgin’s left hand and of Christ’s right hand.

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• TITLE

  Pietà (copy from Michelangelo)

• AUTHOR

  Leone Leoni

• INVENTARIO

  268

• DATE

  c. 1560

• TYPE

  Sculpture

• TECNIQUE

  Plaster cast

• DIMENSIONS

  174 × 180 × 85 cm

• SUBJECT

  Sacred art

• SCUOLA PITTORICA

  16th century painting

• ROOM

  Scalone d’ingresso