La Pietà is much smaller than I imagined. Could be the fact that all pictures I'd seen of it were extremely close up and I stood more than ten feet away from the actual statue, with a glass wall between. Perhaps the grandiose significance of the work makes it larger to the mind's eye than reality; having never seen it probably helps my brain give it greater dimensions. Whatever the case may be, I can't help shake off the bit of annoyance in me. This isn't the first time a work of art has disappointed me with its size.
