The Final Materpiece

Michelangelo's final masterpiece was called the The Rondanini Pieta.Michelangelo worked on this piece for more than ten years. Michelangelo is revisiting his original Pieta by having Mary hold Jesus. It looks as though Christ is actually holding up Mary. It has been said that Michelangelo created it this way, so that it seems Christ is comforting Mary with his Spirit.
Here our Michelangelo's own words on his final masterpiece.

"the course of my life has finally reached In its fragile boat, over stormy seas The common port where we must account For all our past actions. No painting or sculpture can quiet my soul, Now turned to the Divine Love that opens To embrace me in His arms." "For ten years of sleepless nights, I've been designing a Pieta. The body of our Lord was too heavy with death to be held up by his old Mother. His head...too earthy with matter, too real...so I cut away the Lord's head and shoulders, leaving only his arm as a model for a new one, and carved a new head from the Virgin's shoulder. He backs inward to fuse with his Mother's body, as she bends forward to raise him up. Mother and Son, the Living and the Dead, become One - Death becomes a Resurrection."