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| Keywords: Workshop of the Pénicaud family - Pietà - Walters 4449.jpg The body of Christ his head illuminated by a halo of light rests on the lap of the seated Virgin St John supports it under the right shoulder with his right hand The left foot is held my Mary Magdalene who is about to wipe her tears with a cloth Behind are other holy women and the cave At the left Nicodemus holds the vase of myrrh and aloes In the background the tau-shaped cross rises on Golgotha a skull and bone at its foot In the distance under a cloudy sky are the pinnacles of Jerusalem The Pietà shows by its composition and also by its facial characteristics that a model by Jean Pénicaud I was used Similar Pietàs from the Pénicaud workshop were made to be inserted into paxes Paxes went in pairs since they were presented to the congregation to be kissed simultaneously on the Gospel side of the church and on the side of the Epistle ca 1535 1540 late Renaissance technique painted enamel copper cm 13 7 11 8 accession number 44 49 22768 Jacques Seligmann Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1910 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Pénicaud family workshop Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Holy women Pax tablets | ||||
