The Grotto: Pieta with Two Angels, (sculpture)
Object Details
- sculptor
- Picirilli, Joseph
- painter
- Buonarroti, Michelangelo 1475-1564 (copy after)
- Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oregon survey, 1993.
- Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
- Oregon Historical Society, 1976.
- Image on file.
- The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
- Summary
- The Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Christ in her lap. The sculpture is set within a niche flanked on either side by two bronze angels atop rock bases. Each angel holds what appears to be an electric torch in an upraised hand.
- Control number
- IAS 75007635
- Type
- Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
- Sculptures
- Medium
- Pieta: Carrara marble; Angels: bronze (?)
- Owner/Location
- Administered by National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother Director of Marketing P. 0. Box 20008 Portland Oregon 97220
- Located The Grotto N.E. 85th Avenue & Sandy Boulevard Portland Oregon 97220
- Title
- Pieta with Two Angels, (sculpture)
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
- Topic
- Religion--New Testament--Crucifixion
- Religion--New Testament--Angel
- Religion--New Testament--Christ
- Record ID
- siris_ari_13624
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
