Pieta by Michelangelo. Mary Magdalene (left), the Virgin Mary (right), and Nicodemus holding the crucified Christ. Michelangelo intended this sculpture for his tomb and made Nicodemus his self portrait. It's unfinished-you can see the Virgin's face is still just blocked out. Really beautiful. Really.
Donatello's wooden sculpture of Mary Magdalene dressed in her own matted hair. Pretty boogley from the front, but look at it from the back! Hats off to whomever arranged the display in this room.
Bronze panel from Ghiberti's Doors of Paradise: King Solomon meets the Queen of Sheba.
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