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The Trinity and Mystic Pietà

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Original – The Trinity and Mystic Pietà (1512) by Hans Baldung. While God supporting his crucified son was a relatively popular artistic subject in the late 14th and early 15th centuries, it's fairly rare outside that time, and this is a good example of it; the Holy Spirit, in his traditional guise of a dove, completes the holy trinity of the title. The presence of the grieving Virgin Mary (along with St. John) provide the pietà part of the name. The little people at the foot of the painting are the likely commissioners of the piece – member of the Bettschold and Rothschild families, given the coats of arms present in the lower corners. The National Gallery, who hold the piece, highlight the fact that Baldung stresses "the human emotions of the mourners, and presenting even God the Father simply as a grieving parent."
Reason
Excellent scan of a superb painting
Articles in which this image appears
The Trinity and Mystic Pietà, Hans Baldung
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Hans Baldung

Promoted File:Hans Baldung Grien - The Trinity and Mystic Pietà - Google Art Project.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 13:55, 18 April 2015 (UTC) reply

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