MichelangeloItalien, 1475–1564Moses
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Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
Braunschweig, Deutschland
Der Besitzer ist bekannt; ob das Werk derzeit ausgestellt ist, nicht.
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- Quelle
- Das Museum
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Derweil im Leben von Michelangelo
Das ganze Leben1508–1516 · Wirkungsort
Rome
1513
Death of Julius II: “the tragedy of the tomb”
Michelangelo's chief patron, Pope Julius II, died, and the Florentine Giovanni de' Medici became Pope Leo X. Michelangelo signed a new contract for Julius's tomb, but this “tragedy of the tomb”, as Condivi called it, dragged on for forty years.
1516
Commissioned to build the façade of San Lorenzo
When Pope Leo X fell out with Julius II's relatives over the Duchy of Urbino, he had Michelangelo stop work on the tomb and commissioned him to rebuild the façade of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence and adorn it with sculpture.
1516–1519
Journeys for marble to Carrara and Pietrasanta
For the façade of San Lorenzo Michelangelo made many journeys for marble to Carrara and Pietrasanta.
1516–1534 · Wirkungsort
Florence
