To achieve this goal, he hired Michelangelo to make a memorial for his tomb that would capture a scene that was popular in Northern European art at the time: the tragic moment of the Virgin Mary ...

While now displayed as a sacred object for prayer in a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary at St. Peter’s Basilica, this placement contrasts with Michelangelo’s initial vision of the sculpture as a ...

with only three oak benches placed right in front of the sculpture and a book stand on which historical information on it is reported. Opposite the museum’s entrance, a cabinet contains the death mask ...

From Our Lady of the World’s Fair: Bringing Michelangelo ... the pope approved the sculpture’s loan. On March 29, 1962, the New York Times broke the news: the Pietà was coming to the fair. Under the ...