Pope Leo X and his kinsman, Cardinal …
Years: 1520 - 1520
Pope Leo X and his kinsman, Cardinal Guilio de'Medici, commission Michelangelo to design and construct the Medici Chapel, or New Sacristy, in 1520 as a burial chapel for the Medici family, located on the north side of the church of San Lorenzo in Florence.
This four-year project will be Michelangelo’s first essay in architecture.
He will also design its monuments dedicated to certain members of the Medici family, with sculptural figures of the four times of day that are destined to influence sculptural figures reclining on architraves for many generations to come.
Tomb of Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici with Night and Day. Illustrations from The Life of Michael Angelo by Romain Rolland, translated by Frederic Lees: Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici Date 1912
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Years: 1520 - 1520
Tomb of Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici with Night and Day. Illustrations from The Life of Michael Angelo by Romain Rolland, translated by Frederic Lees: Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici Date 1912
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