Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici 1524-31 Marble Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo, Florence Artist: MICHELANGELO Buonarroti Painting Title: Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici (detail) , 1501-1550 Painting Style: Italian , sculpture Type: religious
St Peter 1501-04 Marble Duomo, Siena Artist: MICHELANGELO Buonarroti Painting Title: St Peter , 1501-1550 Painting Style: Italian , sculpture Type: religious
Pius 1501-04 Marble, height: 134 cm Duomo, Siena The garment of a prince of the Church in full dress cannot be dramatized in the same way as that of an apostle. Michelangelo divided up the task in Siena as a medieval master would have done: he kept the apostles in the lower register for himself; he left the popes in the register above that to Baccio da Montelupo because they are artistically less interesting and are not seen at quite such close range. Pius was particularly sacred to the Piccolomini, because in the person of Enea Silvio, who chose the name Pius II (1458-1464), they had provided their first pope. He founded the town of Pienza. Artist: MICHELANGELO Buonarroti Painting Title: Pius , 1501-1550 Painting Style: Italian , sculpture Type: religious
St Petronius 1494 Marble, height: 64 cm with base San Domenico, Bologna In 1494 Michelangelo worked on the shrine of St Dominic, for which he carved this statue of St Petronius which echoes Donatello and Jacopo della Quercia. (The companion statue of St Proculus testifies to Michelangelo's studies of Masaccio and Donatello.) Artist: MICHELANGELO Buonarroti Painting Title: St Petronius , 1501-1550 Painting Style: Italian , sculpture Type: religious