Pietà by Michelangelo (Vatican City, Rome — 1499)

Artwork and artistic legacy • 1499)

Coming to Wonder Arts on 1 October 2026.

Cover of Pietà by Michelangelo (Vatican City, Rome — 1499)

About this story

Subject: Pieta
Category: Paintings
Where: Global
When: Ancient world to contemporary era
Length: 10 illustrated pages

Who appears

Michelangelo Buonarroti — Sculptor
Jacopo della Quercia — Rival Sculptor
Cardinal Jean de Bilhères — Commissioner
Giorgio Vasari — Art Historian
Lorenzo — Assistant

What happens on 1 October 2026

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