Jacopo Palma il Vecchio, Altar of St. Barbara: Detail, Pietà

Circa 1523
Altar of St. Barbara
Church of Santa Maria Formosa, Venice

The Virgin Mary is in her usual red robe and blue mantle, pluse a white kerchief. As traditional, the body is draped across her lap. The artist expresses her anguish not so much through facial expression as through shadow and contrast.

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Photographed at the site by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.