Tomb of Michelangelo

artist: overall design by Giorgio Vasari (Italian, 1511-1574), sculptor: sculpture representing Architecture by Giovanni Bandini (Italian, ca. 1540-1599), sculptor: figure representing Sculpture by Valerio di Simone Cioli (Italian, 1529-1599), sculptor: figure representing Painting and portrait bust of Michelangelo by Battista Lorenzi (Italian, ca. 1527-1594), fresco painter: fresco of the Deposition by Giovanni Battista Naldini (Italian, ca. 1537-ca. 1591)
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Alternative Title
Michelangelo's Tomb
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/18783
Description
detail, mid-section of the tomb, depicting the head of Cioli's statue representing sculpture, the base of the pedestal holding Lorenzi's portrait bust of Michelangelo, and the volutes on top of the casket
Type of Work
Tomb; Monument; Memorial; Funerary sculpture
Subject
Death, Grief, Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564, Burial, Allegory, Santa Croce (Church : Florence, Italy), Sepulchral monuments, Painting, Renaissance, Mannerism (Art), Painting, Italian --16th century, Tombs --Italy, Sculpture, Renaissance, Sculpture, Italian -- 16th century
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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