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Sculptors Michelangelo | Giambologna
Michelangelo David | Tomb Pope Julius II | Pietà - St. Matthew
Michelangelo's Palestrina Pietà and St. Matthew at Accademia Gallery in Florence in Italy
Palestrina Pietà The Palestrina Pietà was attributed to Michelangelo in the absence of archives officially linking it to the artist.
The dead Christ slackening accentuated by his impressive musculature is a burden that requires to be sustained by considerable effort.
Michelangelo's sculpture of St Matthew had to be part of a series of the twelve apostles destined for the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore.
But only the statue of Saint Matthew was partly made.
A living Saint Matthew who tears himself off the stone.
Michelangelo David | Tomb Pope Julius II | Pietà - St. Matthew
Sculptors Michelangelo | Giambologna
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