ANDREA DEL SARTO
(b. 1486, Firenze, d. 1530, Firenze)

Pietà with Saints (detail)

1523-24
Oil on wood
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence

This detail shows Mary Magdalene and a female saint. According to sources, the face of the Virgin is a portrait of Lucrezia del Fede and that of Mary Magdalene is the effigy of Maria del Berrettaio, respectively the wife and step-daughter of the artist.




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