Pietà (1596): Art, History and Details
Pietà at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1596, engraving. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Pietà (1596) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Northern Renaissance responses to Italian art were often filtered through prints and other secondary sources while maintaining ties to regional artistic traditions. Dutch artist Hendrick Goltzius traveled to Italy in 1590–91 and developed an intense admiration for the work of Michelangelo. This print depicting a pietà may reflect his knowledge of Michelangelo’s sculpted Pietà while referencing prints from his native Holland.
Object facts
- Title: Pietà
- Date: 1596
- Creator attribution: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
- Culture: Netherlands, late 16th-early 17th century
- Type: Print
- Technique: engraving
- Collection: PR - Engraving
- Department: Prints
- Accession number: 1926.439
Collection credit
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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