Friday, 19 April 2019

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 "Pieta" means “Pity” in Italian.

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