Chagall was a Russian artist of Jewish orgin.. The first time he went to Paris (1910-14), he was fascinated by the uses of color of the "Fauves", and the research of the Cubists. He elaborated a personal poetic and artistic world which made him one of the best painters of our century. His art is based on a insightful synthesis between the real image and its inner projection. This idea is well illustrated by the Pieta. The objectivity of the composition relies on the few black and marked borders of the main figures. The totally subjective interpretation of this non-Christian artist emerges suddenly in the absolute prevalence of red, which recalls the blood of Christ, and in the tangle of lines behind the main scene, that could resemble a crowd or a heap of ruins.

The blood of Christ, poured from the Cross, has become the source of Salvation for humanity.