Michelangelo Buonarroti
28 works documented in the Bruno Balestrini archive.
15th c.
Bacchus
Description: Marble, height cm 195, this work was carved in Rome, in 1496, for the collector Jacopo Galli.
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Battle of the Centaurs
Description: Marble relief, cm 84,5 x 90,5. Executed in 1491-1492. It represents a battle of centaurs: a classical theme revisited by Michelangelo with violent expressive force.
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Crucifix
Polychrome wood, height cm 135, datable to 1494. Made for the church of Santo Spirito.
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16th c.
David
Description: Marble, height cm 420. The work, executed in 1501-1504, the young Michelangelo's first civic commission, was intended to stand in front of the Palazzo della Signoria and become the symbol of the Florentine Republic.
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The Prisoner - Atlas
Description: Marble, height cm 277. Allegorical figure executed about 1530-1536, intended for the tomb of Julius II.
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The Dying Slave
Description: Marble, height cm 229. The work carved in 1513-1514, is part of the second plan for the tomb of Pope Julius II.
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The Awakening Slave
Description: Marble, height cm 267. Allegorical figure designed for the Tomb of Julius II and executed between 1530 and 1563.
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Victory
Description: Marble group, height cm 261, intended for the Tomb of Julius II, executed about 1532-1534.
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Madonna of the Stairs
Description: Marble bas-relief, height cm 55,5. The work belongs to the last decade of the 15th century, when the young Michelangelo was serving his apprenticeship at the Medici Academy, practising the study of anatomy and of ancient statuary.
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Pietà
Description: Marble, detail of the faces of Christ and the Madonna, total height cm 174. Executed in Rome between 1497 and 1499 for the ambassador of Charles VIII to Pope Alexander VI.
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16th c.
Pietà
Description: Marble group, height cm 226, executed in 1550-1556 with several interruptions; it was intended for the altar of the sculptor's funerary chapel.
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Rondanini Pietà
Description: Marble, height cm 195. Begun in 1553 and soon interrupted, this is Michelangelo's last work, carved during the last year of his life, 1564.
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Saint Matthew
Description: Marble, height cm 271. It is the only one executed of the twelve Apostles planned for Florence Cathedral, made between 1504 and 1506.
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Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici
Description: Marble, height about cm 600. Executed between 1526 and 1534. In the niche is the statue of Giuliano, Duke of Nemours, who died in 1516; on the sarcophagus are the allegorical figures of Day and Night.
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Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici
Description: Marble, height about cm 250, detail of the statue of Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino, who died in 1519, and of the allegorical figures of Dusk and Dawn. Executed about 1525.
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