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Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi
The Pietà1708

Not on view
Polychrome porcelain sculpture group depicting a lamentation scene with seven figures including a reclining male figure, a draped woman, angels with painted wings, and a floating putto, mounted on a rocky painted base
Polychrome porcelain sculptural group depicting a reclining male figure in white drapery at center, supported by a seated woman in red and blue robes, surrounded by five winged angels in dynamic poses; richly painted with green, gold, and iridescent wing details on a rocky base.

Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi, Doccia Manufactory, The Pietà, 1708, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Neal Castleman and Ellen Hoffman-Castleman by exchange, The Ahmanson Foundation, Antonio Mariani of Antonio's Antiques by exchange, Peter Norton, Robert Looker, Frank E. Baxter, Camilla Chandler Frost, Eli Broad, Mrs. Stewart Resnick, the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, Julian Ganz, Jr., Mrs. Harry Lenart, Daniel N. Belin, Daniel N. Belin in honor of Walter L. Weisman, Mrs. Jacob Y. Terner, John F. Hotchkis, Mrs. Judith Gaillard Jones, Christopher V. Walker, Mrs. James Porter Fiske by exchange, and Willard G. Clark, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi
Italy, Florence, 1656-1740
Artist or Maker
Doccia Manufactory
Title
The Pietà
Place Made
Italy, Florence
Date Made
1708
Medium
Polychrome porcelain
Dimensions
a) 15 1/4 x 26 1/2 x 12 in. (38.74 x 67.31 x 30.48 cm); b) 27 x 28 x 16 in. (68.58 x 71.12 x 40.64 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Neal Castleman and Ellen Hoffman-Castleman by exchange, The Ahmanson Foundation, Antonio Mariani of Antonio's Antiques by exchange, Peter Norton, Robert Looker, Frank E. Baxter, Camilla Chandler Frost, Eli Broad, Mrs. Stewart Resnick, the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, Julian Ganz, Jr., Mrs. Harry Lenart, Daniel N. Belin, Daniel N. Belin in honor of Walter L. Weisman, Mrs. Jacob Y. Terner, John F. Hotchkis, Mrs. Judith Gaillard Jones, Christopher V. Walker, Mrs. James Porter Fiske by exchange, and Willard G. Clark
Accession Number
M.2001.78a-b
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
  • Levkoff, Mary. "European Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Update." Apollo 155, no.480 (February 2002): 12-20.
  • Gifts from Mary and Robert Looker, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 2017. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2017.