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  • Period: Renaissance
  • Subject: Religious

Found 9 sculptures.

Samson Slaying a Philistine marble sculpture showing two muscular figures in a dramatic struggle, with one raising a weapon over the other.

Samson Slaying a Philistine

A spiraling marble group full of drama, movement, and anatomical detail.

 Angelic Salutation carved wooden sculpture with an angel and a woman inside an ornate circular frame

Angelic Salutation

A suspended limewood Annunciation ensemble that survived the Reformation in Nuremberg.

 Compianto sul Cristo morto terracotta sculpture showing the dead Christ surrounded by grieving figures with expressive gestures and open mouths.

Compianto sul Cristo morto

Seven life-sized terracotta figures express a deeply dramatic lamentation scene.

 The Rondanini Pietà, a tall unfinished marble sculpture of two intertwined figures on a stone pedestal.

Rondanini Pietà

An unfinished late marble work with elongated, haunting figures.

 Michelangelo’s The Deposition marble sculpture showing the dead Christ supported by three robed figures.

The Deposition

A dramatic vertical Pietà with Christ supported by Mary, Magdalene, and Nicodemus.

 Palestrina Pietà, a partially carved marble sculpture of three figures with a central draped body supported by two others.

Palestrina Pietà

A three-figure marble group with a strong frontal, unfinished quality.

 Madonna of Bruges, a white marble sculpture of a seated woman holding a nude child between her knees.

Madonna of Bruges

A marble Madonna and Child with an unusual, restrained composition.

 Pietà marble sculpture of Mary cradling the body of Jesus across her lap

Pietà

A marble vision of Mary holding Jesus, balancing naturalism and ideal beauty.

 Marble sculpture of The Sacrifice of Isaac showing a raised hand holding a dagger above a bowed, bare-chested figure.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

A dynamic marble group with two figures compressed into a single niche.