Pietà

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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