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The Pietà

The Pietà

Public Domain

Artist
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Pietà
Datec. 1460–1470
PlaceFrance
MediumOil and gilding on panel
DimensionsPanel: 27 1/2 × 12 1/4 in. (69.9 × 31.1 cm)
 Frame: 31 9/16 × 16 1/2 × 3 in. (80.2 × 41.9 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1991.2
Non exposé

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Department
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation
Object Type
Provenance[G. Wildenstein and Co., New York, around 1941]; Florence J. Gould (1895–1983), Cannes, c. 1983; [her sale, Sotheby’s, New York, April 25, 1985, lot 84]; [Sotheby’s, New York, May 30, 1991, lot 8]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1991.
Exhibition History"The Art of Empathy: The Cummer Mother of Sorrows in Context," The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida, November 20, 2013–February 16, 2014.

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