by Rob Jollymore | Sep 11, 2010 | Michelangelo Sculptures
Bust of Giuliano De’ Medici (1519; height 25 ½ inches) In 1519, Michelangelo was commissioned by Pope Leo X and his cousin, Cardinal Giulio de Medici (later Pope Clement VII), to create the marble portraits of Lorenzo and Giuliano de Medici for the family’s Chapel San...
by Rob Jollymore | Sep 9, 2010 | Michelangelo Sculptures
In 1519, Michelangelo was commissioned by Pope Leo X and his cousin, Cardinal Giulio de Medici (later Pope Clement VII), to create the marble portraits of Lorenzo and Giuliano de Medici for the family’s Chapel San Lorenzo in Florence. This New Sacristy was the...
by Rob Jollymore | Sep 9, 2010 | Michelangelo Sculptures
The Bruges Madonna and Child (height 49 inches, depth 28 inches, width 24 inches Early in 1504, even as the David received its finishing touches, Michelangelo was already at work on a free-standing marble statue of the Madonna and Child. The Bruges Madonna, as it is...
by Rob Jollymore | Sep 9, 2010 | Michelangelo Sculptures
Tondo Pitti (ca. 1504-5; diameter 31 inches) In the Tondo Pitti group (commissioned by Bartolomeo Pitti), any formal frame is ignored and this outline is slightly oval. The Madonna and Child are simpler and more clearly formed than in the Tondo Taddei. With her left...
by Rob Jollymore | Sep 9, 2010 | Michelangelo Sculptures
Tondo Taddei (ca. 1503; diameter 40 inches) The Tondo Taddei (at the Royal Academy, London), and the Tondo Pitti (at the National Museum of the Bargello, Florence) are the only two roundels (circular relief sculptures) carved by Michelangelo, produced when he was in...
by Rob Jollymore | Sep 9, 2010 | Michelangelo Sculptures
Bacchus (1497; height 78 inches) Nothing about the Bacchus is conventional. Michelangelo surpassed his Classical models by imbuing idealized forms with a brutal realism. The face of Bacchus is reminiscent of an antique mirthfulness, but the eyes are fixed lasciviously...
