THE WORLDWIDE FAMOUS PAINTERS

'Pieta‘
Soon after Michelangelo's move to
Rome in 1498, the cardinal Jean
Bilhères de Lagraulas, a
representative of the French King
Charles VIII to the pope,
commissioned "Pieta," a sculpture of
Mary holding the dead Jesus across
her lap.
It is the only piece Michelangelo
ever signed. It is also the only known
sculpture created by a prominent
name from the Renaissance era that
was installed in St. Peter's Basilica
that was accepted by the Chapter
of St. Peter.
This famous work of art depicts the
body of Jesus on the lap of his
mother Mary after