Bouguereau Pietà Silver Plated Necklace
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Pieta (1876) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau In Bouguereau's Pietà , the rainbow symbolizes that the sacrifice of Jesus was complete and that the human soul can be born anew and ascend to God after death. It means “Pity†or “Compassion,†and represents Mary sorrowfully contemplating the dead body of her son which she holds on her lap.