Pietà, ca. 1765

Title

Pietà

Painter

• Martin Johann Schmidt called Kremser-Schmidt

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on canvas, lined

Material

• canvas

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Unbezeichnet

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1937

Genre

• depiction of a saint
• devotional image

Main Motif

• depiction of the Virgin
• Life of the Virgin
• the Passion
• Mary
• Jesus Christ
• Saint John the Evangelist
• Golgotha
• woman
• man
• group of people

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Jesus Christ
• John the Evangelist

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Mary Magdalene

Primary

• 73D722 'Pietà', 'Vesperbild', 'Marienklage' (no others present): Christ, either with or without crown of thorns, mourned by Mary
• 73D7221 the dead Christ in Mary's lap
• 11H(JOHN) the apostle John the Evangelist; possible attributes: book, cauldron, chalice with snake, eagle, palm, scroll

Secondary

• 73D82(SHROUD) shroud ~ instruments of the Passion