Chiesa Nuova


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Chapel of the Pietá
Caravaggio's altarpiece of the Entombment of Christ (1604) was commissioned by Girolamo Vittrici and depicted the entombment in a radically naturalistic format, foreign to the grand manner found in the remaining altarpieces. The original was taken by the French in 1797. After it was returned it was taken to the Vatican Pinacoteca and replaced above the altar by a copy.

Related links:  The Entombment of Christ

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