"I am the Christ" screamed. A psychopath trying to smash the statue of Mercy for Michael Angelo
On May 21, 1972, a mentally ill man entered St. Peter's Cathedral and attacked the statue of Mercy of Michelangelo, specifically attacking the Virgin. He did so with a hammer he was shouting, "I am the Christ, I am the Christ." The statue was then subjected to a series of intensive He was then returned to his former position and surrounded by a thick sheet of leaded glass.
The whole world knows the statue as "Betta" meaning mercy. It is located in St. Peter's Cathedral in the Vatican City. The work depicts Christ in the bosom of his mother the Virgin Mary on the day of his removal from the cross.
The statue is made of a single block of marble. The work took about two years and was completed by Michelangelo in 1501 and he was only 20 years old.
The statue promised after its completion a rare masterpiece of genius and mastery. Among all his sculptural works, Michelangelo chose to dig his name on it and called it "Pieta", a Latin word for piety combined with a sense of sorrow and compassion. The incident of the crucifixion and the sadness of the Virgin upon her son.
In which Michelangelo tried to depict the Virgin in the form of a young lady and with her signs of reverence and tranquility while embracing the dead body of her dead son in the moments following his crucifixion. The idea of this work was associated with Cardinal Jean de Belliris, the representative of France in Rome, who commissioned Michael Angelo To be displayed during his funeral.
In the middle of the 18th century, the statue was moved to where it is today at the entrance to St. Peter's Cathedral. During its transfer in one year for restoration, four of the fingers of the Virgin were broken and later repaired.
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