MichelangeloItalian, 1475–1564Moses
May one see it?
Unknown
Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
Braunschweig, Germany
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
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What it shows
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- Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
- Image: Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Meanwhile, in the life of Michelangelo
The whole life1508–1516 · Workplace
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 · Workplace
Florence
