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are you sure it is leonardo?
i am not familiar with a statue described as such by leonardo
but one statue i think you might be referring to [because of it's popularity]
is perhaps micelangelo's pieta
try this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet%C3%A0_(Michelangelo)
Indeed it was called the pieta. You are correct. :)
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