ID: 901002705 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002705	Record Type: Allegory/Symbolism/Theme

	Our Lady of the Pietà (Christian theme)

Note: Theme of the Virgin Mary mourning her dead son while holding or embracing his body; used as a dedication of this attribute of the Madonna; related to her role in the multi-actor theme of Pieta with Christ and his mother, as well as others sometimes.

Names:

	Our Lady of the Pietà (Christian theme) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Madonna della Pietà (Christian theme) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Christian allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
		............<Themes surrounding the Virgin Mary> (I)
		................Our Lady of the Pietà (Christian theme) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Mary, Blessed Virgin
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, Mary, Blessed Virgin (Christian character)) [901000032]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... theme
	.....(historical, theoretical, and critical concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	affiliated/associated with .... pieta
	.....(visual works by subject type, visual works (works), Visual Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Our Lady of the Pietà (Christian theme)
	................BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
	Madonna della Pietà (Christian theme)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
	................ New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd edition [online] (2003-)