Likely the artist’s final work, this 16th-century painting is a vast, darkly burnished depiction of Christ’s death that is suffused with grief.

Among many art historians, Enguerrand Quarton’s ‘Pietà of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon’ is considered the greatest artwork of 15th-century France.

Could a painting of Mary holding the body of Jesus that hung for years in an upstate New York family's home really be a 16th century Michelangelo? An Italian art historian thinks so after ...

A Pieta painting, "Mama," by artist Kelly Latimore, has been displayed outside the law school chapel at The Catholic University of America since February 2021. It was stolen on Nov. 23, 2021 ...

A sculpture copied after Michelangelo's "Pieta," depicting a veiled and robed Mary kneeling toward her proper right, cradling the dead Christ with her proper right arm. Her proper right hand rests on ...

(RNS) — A painting of Jesus and his mother, Mary, in which Jesus is seen by many to be painted in the likeness of George Floyd in response to his agonizing death, was stolen from Catholic ...

Achilles will present "The Art of the Pietà " during the Fine Arts Society of Peoria's lecture on Dec. 12. "It has to do with Mary becoming more and more important in the church," said Achilles ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A second painting of Jesus and his mother, Mary, in which Jesus is widely thought to be depicted as George Floyd, has been stolen from the walls of the Catholic University of ...

A pieta painting, "Moma" by Kelly Latimore, has been displayed outside the law school chapel at The Catholic University of America since February 2021. It was stolen Nov. 23, 2021, and soon ...