Vintage Our Lady Of Sorrows / Pieta Cross Medal Silvertone
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Vintage Our Lady of Sorrows / Pieta Cross Medal Silvertone. 3/4" long.Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of Dolours, the SorrowfulMother or Mother of Sorrows (Latin: Mater Dolorosa), and OurLady of Piety, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of theSeven Dolours are names by which the Virgin Mary is referred to in relationto sorrows in her life. As Mater Dolorosa, it is also a key subject for Marianart in the Catholic Church. The feast of Our Lady of Sorrows is liturgicallycelebra...ted every 15 September, while a feast of Friday of Sorrows is observedin some Catholic countries. The Pieta (Pity) isa work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St.Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. It is the first of a number of works of the sametheme by the artist. It is the onlypiece Michelangelo ever signed. This famous work of Carrara marble depicts thebody of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary after the Crucifixion.Michelangelo's interpretation of the Pietà is unprecedented in Italiansculpture. It is an important work as it balances the Renaissance ideals of classicalbeauty with naturalism.#156
