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Pieta (SAU 23) Blank Greeting Card

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18 pt thickness / 120 lb weight Soft white, soft eggshell texture
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Size: Standard, 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm

Thank you, hello, or I love you, custom greeting cards are thoughtful gifts that are always the perfect way to express yourself.

  • Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.78 cm (portrait); 17.78 cm x 12.7 cm (landscape)
  • Full color CMYK print process
  • Double sided printing for no additional cost

Paper Type: Signature Matte

Our Signature Matte paper is a customer favorite—smooth to the touch with a soft eggshell texture that elevates any design. Its sturdy 18 pt weight and natural feel make it the ideal choice for timeless, sophisticated events.

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Pieta (SAU 23) Blank Greeting Card

Pieta (SAU 23) Blank Greeting Card

Between The Descent from the Cross and The Entombment, Christ was lamented… most especially by His mother. The term Pieta, derived from the Italian word for ‘pity’, is given to the third—and final--type of depiction of the grieving BVM. In a Pieta, Mary cradles the body of Jesus on her lap just as she had cradled him as a child. Here, in a somewhat unusual departure from more familiar versions in sculpture or painting, Mary is seen sitting not on the ground at the foot of the cross but on a tomb. Tombs cut horizontally into cliff faces as in 1st century Palestine were unfamiliar to Western European artists of the Middle Ages. Gothic artists portrayed what they knew: stone sarcophagi. That the tomb as pictured would be too small for the figure of Christ is another hallmark of mediaeval art. It is emotion not accuracy that counts here: The scene captures an intimate moment between mother and son and evokes pity in the viewer. + Prefer a different coloured border? The Colour Palette postcard for this image provides suggested coordinating hues. Colour Palette postcards are found in an image's associated COLLECTION and in the Special COLLECTION devoted just to colour palettes. + Image Credit (SAU 23): Antique NeoGothic image of the Pieta from a holy card printed in chromolithography with gilt accents, and published by the Socièté de St. Augustin, Bruges, Belgium, last quarter of the 19th century. From the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera.

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This card was so lovely and my granddaughter opened the card and hugged it as it had a unicorn on the front and her name And I added a picture inside of us And when her mummy Asked her who it was from she said my nanny and grandad and hugged the card she can’t read yet but knew who it was from. ❤️. Excellent quality of printing colour
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By Anonymous8 June 2025Verified Purchase
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Great service - was sent out from UK to New Zealand then I posted it back to the UK. Good turn around and looked even better than I had expected. thanks. .
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We downloaded several photos which was simple and produced a very attractive personalised card for our 11yr old Granddaughter. I was concerned that the card would not arrive on time but Zazzle came up trumps and the card arrived on the day before her birthday - perfect! I didn't see the card as it went straight to our family in New Zealand. However they did send a photo and it looked excellent!

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Product ID: 256499910669937310
Posted on 4/03/2022, 8:27 AM
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