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Pietà
Vincent van Gogh · 1889
Vatican Museums
Vatican City, Vatican City
About this painting
After a Delacroix lithograph was damaged by paint, Van Gogh painted this smaller second Pietà for his sister Willemien in 1889; a gift from the diocese of New York brought it to the Vatican Museums in 1973.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
34 × 41.5 cm (13.4 × 16.3 in)
Painted at
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
Current location
Vatican Museums, Vatican City
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