La Pieta'

As you can see this is "La pieta' " by Michelangelo .

This sculpture is a masterpiece of the Renaissance and it is possible to admire it in Saint Peter 's Basilica in the Vatican city .

This sculpture represents the moment after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

As you can see the Virgin Mary looks at the dead body of her son lying in her lap.

The Virgin Mary looks very sad but at the same time she appears really calm, in her face there resignation is represented about that unpleasant mourning.

Jesus Christ's body after a long suffering is completely relaxed in his mother's lap.

As seen in his sculpture, Michelangelo achieves the perfection of shapes and of bodies.