Titian's "Pieta"
Pietà is the last painting by the Italian master Titian (c. 1575). It is housed in the Gallerie dell'Accademia of Venice . The picture represents, over the background of a larger niche in Mannerist style, the Madonna supporting the body of Christ, with the help of a kneeling Nicodemus . The latter is probably a self-portrait of Titian, represented as if he saw his also upcoming death in the Christ's face. [1] On the left, standing and forming an ideal triangle , is Mary Magdalene . Another small self-portrait, together with his son Orazio, is shown in the base of one of the columns surrounding the niche. The picture is generally considered Titian's last: an inscription in the lower part of the picture notes that it was finished by Palma the Younger . [From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet%C3%A0_(Titian )]