In focusing on Michelangelo’s signature, recent scholarship on his “Pietà” in St. Peter’s has separated the sculpture from its spiritual intent. In contrast, this article will consider how the sculpture group spoke to its original religious context, principally as the funerary monument of Michelangelo’s powerful French patron, Cardinal Lagraulas. The Rome “Pietà” was an important part of the funeral rites for the cardinal that mirrors and amplifies the liturgy surrounding death, particularly the hour of vespers. Reconstructing the sculpture’s relationship to its liturgical and funerary ensemble will highlight Michelangelo’s iconographic and artistic ingenuity in the service of religion and his patron.

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米开朗基罗的圣母怜子图作为墓碑：赞助、礼仪和哀悼

在关注米开朗基罗的签名时，最近关于他在圣彼得大教堂的“Pietà”的学术研究已经将雕塑与其精神意图分开了。相比之下，本文将考虑雕塑组如何与其原始宗教背景进行对话，主要是作为米开朗基罗强大的法国赞助人红衣主教拉格劳拉斯的葬礼纪念碑。罗马的“Pietà”是红衣主教葬礼的重要组成部分，它反映并放大了围绕死亡的礼仪，尤其是晚祷时间。重建雕塑与其礼仪和葬礼合奏的关系将突出米开朗基罗在为宗教和他的赞助人服务方面的肖像和艺术创造力。