Sculptures whose subject is a holy figure or a sacred event, such as the Virgin holding the dead Christ, the prophet Moses and the vision of a saint, made for churches and shrines. A work belongs here when the cited article names a biblical figure, a saint or the Virgin as the subject. It excludes statues of gods of the ancient world, which sit with the mythological figures. The group follows the subject the cited article names.
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Pieta (Michelangelo) (Wikipedia)
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The Pietà (Madonna della Pietà, Italian: [maˈdɔnna della pjeˈta]; '[Our Lady of] Pity'; 1498-1499) is a Carrara marble sculpture of Jesus and Mary at Mount Golgotha representing the "Sixth Sorrow" of the Virgin Mary by
Moses (Michelangelo) (Wikipedia)
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Moses (Italian: Mosè [moˈzɛ]; c. 1513-1515) is a sculpture by the Italian High Renaissance artist Michelangelo, housed in the Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome.
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (Wikipedia)
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The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (also known as Saint Teresa in Ecstasy; Italian: L'Estasi di Santa Teresa or Santa Teresa in estasi) is a sculptural altarpiece group in white marble set in an elevated aedicule in the Cornaro Chapel
Virgin of Almudena (Wikipedia)
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The Virgin of Almudena (Virgen de la Almudena) is a medieval statue of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ.
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