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- Dictionarypie·tà/ˌpēāˈtä/
noun
- 1. a picture or sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Jesus Christ on her lap or in her arms.
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The Pietà is a subject in Christian art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the dead 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... Wikipedia