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The Avignon Pieta

ArtistQuarton, Enguerrand
Artist Info.France active 15th c.
Dateca. 1455
SubjectPainting
PeriodRenaissance
Materialtempera on wood
Dimensions163x218 cm
CollectionFrance, Paris, Musee du Louvre
Saskia No.Lff-1205
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 20, plate 19
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 21, plate 38
 Janson, History of Art, 6th ed., chapter 15, plate 19