# Predella of Stories of Christ: 2. Pietà [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ROBERTI, Ercole de']() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on wood, 33 x 30 cm ## Commentary Predella of Stories of Christ: 2. Pietà 1482 Oil on wood, 33 x 30 cm Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool The predella of the main altarpiece of the church of San Giovanni di Monte in Bologna consisted of three pieces, the Prayer in the Garden, and the Road to Calvary at the sides and a Pietà in the middle. The painting invokes a motif of Rogier van der Weyden and is an example of melting together the Flemish and Italian \(Mantegna, Tura, Giovanni Bellini\) approches to express religious feelings. \*\*\* Keywords: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Author: ROBERTI, Ercole de' Title: Predella of Stories of Christ: 2. Pietà Time-line: 1451-1500 School: Italian Form: painting Type: religious ## Related artworks - [Griffoni Polyptych: Predella \(detail\)]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: Predella \(detail\)]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: Predella \(detail\)]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: Predella \(left view\)]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: Predella \(right view\)]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: St Apollonia]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: St Catherine of Alexandria]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: St George]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: St Jerome]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: St Michael]() - [Madonna with Child and Saints]() - [Portrait of Ginevra Bentivoglio]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()