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Painting of a grieving woman in blue holding the limp body of a bearded man with red hair across a rocky slope under a swirling yellow and blue sky.

Pietà (after Delacroix), The

A woman in a blue hooded mantle supports the limp body of a bearded man, whose pale torso and yellow-draped loincloth rest on a rocky slope under a swirling yellow and blue sky. Thick, rhythmic brushstrokes in blue, ochre and green give the scene an agitated, painterly energy typical of the artist's late style.

Artist
Vincent van Gogh
Date
1889
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2024 × 2537 px
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Public domain · Vincent van Gogh died 1890 and the work dates by 1889; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

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Español: Pietà (según Delacroix) de Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Una mujer con manto azul y capucha sostiene el cuerpo inerte de un hombre barbado, cuyo torso pálido y paño amarillo descansan sobre una ladera rocosa bajo un cielo amarillo y azul en remolino. Las pinceladas gruesas y rítmicas en azul, ocre y verde dan a la escena una energía agitada y pictórica.

Português: Pietà (após Delacroix) de Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Uma mulher de manto azul com capuz sustenta o corpo inerte de um homem barbado, cujo torso pálido e pano amarelo repousam sobre uma encosta rochosa sob um céu amarelo e azul redemoinhando. As pinceladas grossas e rítmicas em azul, ocre e verde dão à cena uma energia agitada e pictórica.

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