\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 An opera of great dramatic power, the \i Pietα\i0 is an example of the expressive force of the painting of Rosso Fiorentino, one of
the leading exponents of Italian Mannerism. A work from the artist's later period, the picture was painted during the last years of the artist's life that were spent at the court of Francis I in France.
