The grieving Virgin Mary, depicted with long golden hair, stares at Christ’s face as she holds his body following the Crucifixion. Detail of late-1400s Flemish Burgundian Pietà in the Cathédrale Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte at Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. The polychrome limestone artwork echoes the style of Claus Sluter, court sculptor to the Duke of Burgundy from the 1380s.
Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France: the grieving Virgin Mary gently holds the body of her crucified son, Jesus Christ, in this detail of a late-1400s Burgundian Pietà. The polychrome limestone sculptural group, originally in a Nevers church destroyed in the 1700s, is now preserved in the city’s ancient Cathédrale Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte. Christ’s head, wearing the crown of thorns, slumps to the right. The grieving Virgin Mary, her sorrowful face framed by long golden hair, appears to be a younger woman than in similar artworks. The Pietà is by an unknown artist, but is typical of 15th century Flemish Burgundian sculpture influenced by the earlier style of the important Dutch sculptor Claus Sluter ( - ), who served as court sculptor to the Duke of Burgundy from the 1380s.
Size: 3684px × 2456px
Location: Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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