Giovanni Bellini's "Pietà" Restored and Pietro Perugino’s “Man of Sorrows”
About This Event
Live event at The Morgan Library & Museum
About Pietà
The Pietà is a subject in Christian art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the mortal body of Jesus Christ after his Descent from the Cross. It is most often found in sculpture. The Pietà is a specific form of the Lamentation of Christ in which Jesus is mourned by the Virgin Mary alone. However, in practice works called a Pietà may include angels, the other figures usual in Lamentations, and even donor portraits.
About the Artists
Giovanni Bellini
Giovanni Bellini is an Italian Renaissance painter closely identified with Venice and the Bellini workshop tradition. Raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, his family ties have been debated by later scholarship, yet the studio lineage remains central to how his work is read, alongside figures such as Gentile Bellini and his brother-in-law Andrea Mantegna.
Pietro Perugino
Pietro Perugino is an Italian Renaissance painter associated with the Umbrian school, known for calm compositions, clear drawing, and devotional subjects. His work is often discussed alongside contemporaries such as Giovanni Bellini, where shared themes of grief and redemption reveal differing approaches to form and color.