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Title
Pieta
.
Creator
Girodet de Roucy-Trioson, Anne-Louis (French painter and illustrator, 1767-1824)
Date
1789
Cultural Context
French
European
Western European
Style/Period
Neoclassical
Theme
Paintings (visual works)
Oil paintings (visual works)
Religious art
Scenes (depictions)
Bible stories
Deaths
Mourning
Grief
Figures (representations)
Figurative art
Men (male humans)
Sons
Saints
Religious (people)
Women
Virgins
Mothers
Parents
Mourners
Adults
Sitting
Nudes (representations)
Nudity
Costume (mode of fashion)
Drapery (representations)
Veils (headcloths)
Headcloths (headgear)
Headgear
Shrouds
Sarcophagi (coffins)
Coffins
Inscriptions
Signatures (names)
Caverns
Caves
Shadows
Subject
Paintings
Oil paintings
Biblical events
Death
Death & burial
Grief
Despair
Men
Dead persons
Saints
People associated with religion
Women
Mothers
Adults
Sitting
Nudes
Muscles
Beards
Clothing & dress
Veils
Headgear
Shrouds
Sarcophagi
Coffins
Inscriptions
Artists' signatures
Caves
Shadows
People Pictured
Jesus Christ
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Material
Oil on canvas
Oil paint (pigmented coating)
Paint
Canvas
Measurements
11' x 92 1/2 in (335 x 235 cm)
Technique
Painting (image-making)
Oil painting (technique)
Inscription
"In a Classical manner, Girodet boldly carves his signature in a fictive inscription at the foot of the sarcophagus [...]." (p.33)
Work Type
Paintings
Oil paintings
Source
Eisenman, Stephen F. Nineteenth Century Art: A Critical History. 3rd ed. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2007. (fig. 1.12, p.31)
Rights
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Eisenman courtesy: Church of Montesquieu-Volvestre, Haute-Garonne.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
1153-13.jpg
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