Pietà, with the body of Christ supported by the Virgin and two holy women, Saint John stands to the left; from "Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France, Cabinet Crozat" after a drawing by Perugino
Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus · ca. 1729–40
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"Pietà, with the body of Christ supported by the Virgin and two holy women, Saint John stands to the left" is an etching by Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus, printed in brown. Created between approximately 1729 and 1740, the work measures 53.3 x 38.8 cm (sheet) and 24.1 x 18.5 cm (plate). It is classified as a print within the Drawings and Prints department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which received it as a gift from Harry G. Friedman in 1960.
The etching depicts the Pietà scene, with Christ's body supported by the Virgin and two holy women, and Saint John standing to the left. The composition is described as being after a drawing by Perugino. It belongs to a series titled "Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France, Cabinet Crozat."
Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de Caylus (1692–1765), was a French antiquarian. His nationality is not specified in the authority record. No provenance information or exhibition history is provided for this specific artwork.
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