Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Friday 14 April 2017

Good Friday.



"Pietà ".
Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).
Date: 1876.
This File: 24 February 2007.
User: Juanpdp.
(Wikimedia Commons)

From Italian "pieta", from Latin "pietatem" (see piety).
A painting, drawing, or sculpture of Mary,
The Mother of Jesus, holding the dead body of Jesus.
The word means “pity” in Italian.

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