This might be more appropriate for Easter but I think this is one of Michelangelo's greatest pieces of sculpture. Finished in 1499 and the only piece where his signature is visable (it's on the sash the Madonna is wearing) the Pieta is an intricately and delicately carved piece of marble. It's the first thing you see when you enter St. Peter's Basilica.
"The Pieta" © Kathy Dunham 2009
