Pieta

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pieta
    n 1: a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead
         body of Jesus

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pieta \Pi*e*t[`a]"\ (p[-e]*[asl]*t[aum]"), n. [It.] (Fine Arts)
   A representation of the dead Christ, attended by the Virgin
   Mary or by holy women and angels. --Mollett.
   [1913 Webster]