Daniele da Volterra had been commissioned by …
Years: 1564 - 1564
February
Daniele da Volterra had been commissioned by Paul III to complete the decoration of the Sala Regia.
On the death of the pope in 1549, he lost his position as superintendent and the pension to which it entitled him.
He has since devoted himself chiefly to sculpture.
After Michelangelo dies in Rome on February 18, 1564, a few weeks shy of his eighty-ninth birthday, Pius commissions the artist’s good friend and former student to cover up Michelangelo’s nude figures in the Sistine Chapel, which is how Volterra earns the nickname Il Braghettone—"the breeches maker."
Volterra’s fine draftsmanship of the nude reflects his study of the late works of Michelangelo, of whom Volterra creates a bronze portrait bust (later famous).
Daniele Volterra: Bronze portrait of Michelangelo (1564), after his death mask; Castello Sforzesco, Milan
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- Renaissance, Italian
- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival)
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- Western Art: 1564 to 1576
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Years: 1564 - 1564
February
Daniele Volterra: Bronze portrait of Michelangelo (1564), after his death mask; Castello Sforzesco, Milan
Locations
People
Groups
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- Renaissance, Italian
- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival)
- Portraits, Baroque
- Western Art: 1564 to 1576
Subjects
Regions
Subregions