Jacques Bellange, Pieta, 1615, etching and engraving on paper, 12 1/8 in. x 7 3/4 in. ( cm x cm), The French etcher Jacques Bellange belongs to the very last stages of emotionally charged Pietà owes its form to Michelangelo's presentation drawing for Vittoria Colonna, which was copied and widely disseminated through prints. Bellange conveys feelings of loss and grief through beautiful and highly artificial bodily forms. Christ's smooth, muscular body sways in a gentle S-curve as he is supported between his mother's strong knees. Mary's legs and arms are swathed in ballo
Jacques Bellange, Pieta, 1615, etching and engraving on paper, 12 1/8 in. x 7 3/4 in. ( cm x cm), The French etcher Jacques Bellange belongs to the very last stages of emotionally charged Pietà owes its form to Michelangelo's presentation drawing for Vittoria Colonna, which was copied and widely disseminated through prints. Bellange conveys feelings of loss and grief through beautiful and highly artificial bodily forms. Christ's smooth, muscular body sways in a gentle S-curve as he is supported between his mother's strong knees. Mary's legs and arms are swathed in ballooning drapery. As if overcome by faintness, the Virgin Mary tilts her head upward toward heaven, exposing her long elegantly curving throat. The delicately tapering fingers of her right hand spread in a graceful gesture favored by Mannerists—the index finger held apart from the contrast, the fingers of her limp left hand swell at the knuckles into sausage-like appendages.
Size: 4170px × 6000px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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