by Rob Jollymore | Dec 3, 2018
MADONNA OF THE STEPS BY MICHELANGELO Click on Image to Enlarge Click on Image to Enlarge Click on Image to view Overview MADONNA DELLA SCALA (MADONNA OF THE STAIRS ) The Madonna of the Steps; ca.1490-91; 22 x 15.5 inches) This is the earliest known sculpture by...
by Rob Jollymore | Dec 3, 2018
LORENZO DE’ MEDICI By Michelangelo Click on Image to Enlarge 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...
by Rob Jollymore | Dec 3, 2018
Bacchus BY MICHELANGELO Click on Image to Enlarge Click on Image to Enlarge Five hundred years ago Michelangelo unveiled what would come to be regarded as one of the world’s great works of art. It was with Bacchus, his first heroic sized sculpture, that Michelangelo’s...
by Rob Jollymore | Dec 3, 2018
TONDO PITTI BY MICHELANGELO Click on Image to Enlarge Click on Image to Enlarge Click on Image to view Overview Tondo Pitti (ca. 1504-5; diameter 31 inches) In the Tondo Pitti group (commissioned by Bartolomeo Pitti), any formal frame is ignored and this outline is...
by Rob Jollymore | Dec 3, 2018
BRUGES MADONNA WITH CHILD BY MICHELANGELO Click on Image to Enlarge Click on Image to Enlarge Click on Image to view Overview Here is a Masterpiece born of the deepest spiritual inspiration. The Madonna exudes a serene countenance and youthful beauty. The Bruges...
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