1890 (ca.), Vincent van Gogh, Pieta -- Vatican Museums (Rome)
From the museum label: Vincent van Gogh painted this small Pietà a few months before his tragic death in July 1890. Although he had his own personal faith, van Gogh is not usually associated with religious subjects. The autograph writing in the bottom right hand corner makes it clear that this work was inspired by the Pietà of Eugène Delacroix (Nasjonalgelleriet, Oslo) of which van Gogh had a lithograph. The painting was made for his sister, Guglielmina, to whom the painter wrote regarding his interpretation centered on the Mater dolorosa, a woman of the people, tried by suffering, spurned by society. The figure of Christ is closer to traditional iconography and faithful to the model that inspired it, although some people have tried to identify It as a self-portrait. An earlier version of the same subject made for his brother, Theo, can be seen in the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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1890 (ca.), Vincent van Gogh, Pieta -- Vatican Museums (Rome)
From the museum label: Vincent van Gogh painted this small Pietà a few months before his tragic death in July 1890. Although he had his own personal faith, van Gogh is not usually associated with religious subjects. The autograph writing in the bottom right hand corner makes it clear that this work was inspired by the Pietà of Eugène Delacroix (Nasjonalgelleriet, Oslo) of which van Gogh had a lithograph. The painting was made for his sister, Guglielmina, to whom the painter wrote regarding his interpretation centered on the Mater dolorosa, a woman of the people, tried by suffering, spurned by society. The figure of Christ is closer to traditional iconography and faithful to the model that inspired it, although some people have tried to identify It as a self-portrait. An earlier version of the same subject made for his brother, Theo, can be seen in the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
Link to other van Gogh paintings