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Michelangelo 1475 – 1564Italian Sculptor and Painter

Portrait of Michelangelo,unfinishedby Jacopino del Conteca. 1540, oil on wood,34 ¾” x 25 ¼”Metropolitan Museum of Art,New York

Michelangelo used his features for the flayed skin held by St. Bartholomew in

The Last Judgmentfresco painting on

the wall ofthe Sistine Chapel.

Michelangelo created his image as old Nicodemus inThe Deposition , displayed

in the Museo dell’ Opera del Duomo in Florence.

Michelangelo also used his features as the old man under the knee ofThe Victory , displayed in the Sala dei Cinquecento, Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.

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Michelangelo 1475 – 1564Italian Sculptor and Painter

Mallet and chisels used tocut and shape the stone

A sculptor working on a stone sculpture

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Examples of uncompleted works by Michelangelo

Young Slaveby Michelangelo

ca. 1520-23,unfinished marble

235 cm, approx. 7’ 8 1/2”Galleria dell’ Accademia

Florence, Italy

Atlas [Prisoner]by Michelangelo15320-23,unfinished marble208 cm, approx. 6’ 10”Galleria dell’ Accademia, Florence, Italy

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The Pietà1499, marble,

5’ 9” high6’6” high with base,

St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy

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Davidca. 1501- 1504, marble,

517cm, or approx. 16 ‘ 11 1/2”,Galleria dell’ Accademia, Florence, Italy

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Details from the statue, Davidca. 1501- 1504, marble,

517cm, or approx. 16’ 11 1/2”,Galleria dell’ Accademia, Florence, Italy

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The Prophet, Zechariasfrom the Sistine Chapel Ceiling

1508 – 1512, fresco Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome

Sistine Chapel Ceiling1508 – 1512, fresco

Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome

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Detail: The Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel Ceiling,

1508 – 1512, fresco,Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome

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The Last Judgment1536 – 1541, wall fresco,

Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome

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Moses, 1513– 1515,, marble, 235 cm, approx. 7’ 8 1/2”San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome

Tomb of Pope Julius II 1505– 1545,, marble,

San Pietro Vincoli, Rome

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Tomb of Giuliano de Medici, with Night and Day

1519–1534,New Sacristy, San Lorenzo,

Florence, Italy

Tomb of Lorenzo de Medici,with Dusk and Dawn1519–1534,New Sacristy, San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy

Giuliano

Lorenzo

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Exterior of the Dome St. Peter’s Basilica,

Vatican, Rome