Palestrina Pietà

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Palestrina Pietà
Artist Attributed to Michelangelo
Year c. 1555
Type Marble
Dimensions 253 cm (100 in)
Location Accademia Gallery, Florence

Palestrina Pietà is a marble sculpture by the Italian High Renaissance, dating from c. 1555 and housed in the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy. It was formerly attributed to Michelangelo, but now it is mostly considered to have been completed by someone else. The sculpture depicts three figures, one of them the body of the deceased Jesus Christ.

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