MichelangeloItalian, 1475–1564Medici Madonna
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Medici Madonna” now? Collection: Skulpturensammlung Dresden, Dresden. Unknown.
Dresden, Germany
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Skulpturensammlung Dresden
- Image: Skulpturensammlung Dresden — In Copyright
In the life of Michelangelo
The whole life1516–1534 · Workplace
Florence
1527
The Medici expelled: inspector of the republic's fortifications
After the Medici were expelled from Florence, Michelangelo, a republican at heart, joined the popular movement and became chief inspector of fortifications. He abandoned his post and set off for Venice, meaning to go on to France, but returned and rendered his city important services during the siege by imperial troops.
1529–1532 · Workplace
Florence
1530
A death sentence and a hiding place under the Medici Chapel
Florence fell, the Medici returned to power and Pope Clement VII sentenced Michelangelo to death. He is thought to have hidden for two months in a small chamber under the Medici chapels, covering its walls with charcoal and chalk drawings, until he was pardoned so that he could complete the Sistine Chapel and the Medici tombs.
1532
Meets Tommaso dei Cavalieri
Aged 57, Michelangelo met the 23-year-old Roman patrician Tommaso dei Cavalieri and addressed to him his longest, deeply felt sequence of poems, as well as drawings such as the Ganymede and the Fall of Phaëthon. Cavalieri replied, “Never have I loved a man more than I love you,” and remained devoted to him until his death.
1534
Moves from Florence to Rome
Michelangelo left Florence for Rome and lived near the church of Santa Maria di Loreto. Despite his support for the republic, Pope Clement VII restored his allowance and made a new contract with him for the tomb of Julius II.
