Bust of Giuliano De’ Medici

Bust of Giuliano De’ Medici

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...
Bust of Lorenzo De’ Medici

Bust of Lorenzo De’ Medici

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...