pietà

marble sculpture of jesus and mary at mount gologtha representing the ‘sixth sorrow’ (jesus taken down from the cross and placed in mary’s arms)
madonna della pieta (our lady of pity)
by michelangelo buonarroti
italian renaissance
supposedly inspired by dante’s divine comedy ; '‘O virgin mother, daughter of your son… your merit so ennobled human nature that its divine creator did not hesitate to becomes its create’ - explains why mary looks younger than jesus
her youth supposedly symbolises her incorruptable purity

cordelia’s death

cordelia’s link with jesus

‘old fools become babes again’ with mary’s youth