To achieve this goal, he hired Michelangelo to make a memorial for his tomb that would capture a scene that was popular in ...
Nelson, with a detail of Michelangelo’s 1499 Pietà at St. Peter’s Basilica ... is one of history’s most revered and recognizable works of Christian art. It dwells behind a glass encasement ...
Indeed, after years of debate, the masterpiece by Michelangelo has been relocated to a new museum exclusively reserved for it – the Museo Della Pietà -, designed by Michele de Lucchi inside the Sforza ...
As part of the works conducted by the Fabric of Saint Peter for the 2025 Jubilee, Michelangelo’s Pietà has been the subject of interventions aimed at improving its visibility and safety. As well as ...