Detail from the Pieta by Michelangelo, Saint Peter's, Rome. Purchased from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Originally $250 in 1982.
From the producer: "This facsimile copy is authorized by the Vatican Museums. It is produced under the supervision of the Reproduction Studio of the Metropolitan Museum of Art from direct impression molds of the original sculpture developed by the Department of Scientific Research of the Vatican Museums. The copy is made of cold cast marble, a refined marble bonded with polymer resin. The marble is from the quarries at Carrara, Italy, the source of the single block of marble from which Michelangelo carved the Pieta."