Pieta 1505

giovannibellini

Galleria dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy

possibly oil pastel

oil painting

jesus-christ

portrait reference

acrylic on canvas

portrait head and shoulder

christianity

human

animal drawing portrait

facial portrait

portrait art

virgin-mary

fine art portrait

christ

digital portrait

Giovanni Bellini’s *Pieta* (1505) depicts the Virgin Mary cradling the body of her son, Jesus Christ, in the moments after his crucifixion. Painted in the High Renaissance style, Bellini’s *Pieta* is a masterpiece of Venetian art, notable for its realistic depiction of grief and its poignant rendering of the human body. The painting's emotional intensity and the detail in the landscape background have led to its continued popularity among art lovers and make it a landmark work in the history of Italian Renaissance painting. The artwork is currently housed in the Galleria dell'Accademia in Venice, Italy.