Pietà (Gregorio Fernández)

Pietà - Sexta Angustia

Artist	Gregorio Fernández
Year	1616-1619 (1616-1619)
Type	Sculpture
Material	Polichrome wood
Dimensions	175 cm × 218 cm × 140 cm (69 in × 86 in × 55 in)
Location	National Sculpture Museum, Valladolid
Coordinates	Coordinates: 41°39′26″N 4°43′25″W / 41.65722°N 4.72361°W / 41.65722; -4.72361

The Pietà or Sexta Angustia (1619) is a work of Baroque sculpture by Gregorio Fernández, housed in the National Museum of Sculpture in Valladolid, Spain. The statue was commissioned by the Illustrious Penitential Brotherhood of Our Lady of Anguish. It is one of the best known of the five sculptures of the same theme by the artist.

The sculpture shows the Virgin holding up one hands with Christ's body slumped lifeless to the floor. It was part of a "paso" which paraded in religious processions during Holly Week, together with the sculptures of the good thief and the impenitent thief, and Saint John and the Virgin Mary.

The other Pietà

Pietà (1610 – 1612). Church of Our Lady of the Mount Carmel (Spanish: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen), Burgos. Atributtion.
Pietà (ca. 1620) from St. Clare's Monastery in Carrión de los Condes.
Quinta Angustia (ca.1625-1627), housed in the church of Saint Martín in Valladolid.
Pietà (ca. 1628) from the church of Saint Mary in La Bañeza.

Pietà. Burgos
Pietà. Monasterio de Santa Clara
Pietà. La Bañeza
Quinta Angustia. Valladolid

Precedent

There was a tradition of sculptured Pietàs in Castillian art by artists such Juan de Juni or Francisco del Rincón.

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