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Head of Moses, detail of right side

Title:

Tomb of Julius II

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Creators:

Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian sculptor, 1475-1564)

Date:

ca. 1505-1545 (creation)

Style/Period:

Renaissance

Location:

site: San Pietro in Vincoli (Rome, Lazio, Italy)

Culture:

Italian

Materials:

marble

Work Types:

building divisions; rooms and spaces; religious building spaces; chapels (rooms or structures); sepulchral chapels

Description:

Sandro Fancelli, Raffaello da Montelupo, Tommaso di Pietro Boscoli, Jacopo del Duca helped complete the sculpture. The arrangement seen today in San Pietro is a fragment of the original plan. Four of the Slaves (or Captives) are now in the Accademia, Florence and two Captive figures are in the Louvre, Paris. "The seemingly perfect match between an ambitious pontiff and an ambitious artist was disastrous for Michelangelo's career in one respect: until 1545 his life was dominated by repeated failures to complete the Julian monument, what Condivi called 'the tragedy of the tomb'." (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)

View Description:

Michelangelo carved the Moses circa 1515. Dimensions of Moses: 92.5 in. height; width at base at front 37.5 in.

Classification:

Sculpture and Installations

Technique:

carving (processes); construction (assembling)

Image Rights:

Vendor ID:

1A1-MB-TJ-C3

MDID Identifier:

3643

Archivision Set:

Archivision Base Collection

Collection:

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Collection:

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Record created:

June 7, 2018

Last modified:

Nov. 1, 2018

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