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Pietà
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Pietà

anonymous · c. 1450 - c. 1475 · polychromy; pipe clay

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Using a mould, identical miniature statues were mass-produced in pipe clay (white-fired clay), then fired and painted. This statuette is among the more ambitious works of these clay sculptors and was once part of an altar.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit linePietà. c. 1450 - c. 1475. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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