LORENZO DE’ MEDICI

By MICHELANGELO

Michelangelo worked on the tomb of Lorenzo de Medici between 1520 and 1534, located at The Medici Chapel Statues, San Lorenzo, Florence. The statue of Lorenzo de’ Medici is the central figure on the tomb erected to the memory of this prince.Lorenzo de’ Medici’s patronage of many artists and thinkers made Florence the epicenter of Italian culture outside of Rome. Lorenzo de’ Medici was himself a poet and an architect as well as a politician and businessman, and he represented to the Florentine people the balance of different interests and personalities that they so revered. Lorenzo de’ Medici was impressed by Michelangelo, and raised him with his own family

Dimensions: Height: 32 in. | Width: 18 in. | Depth: 15 in.

Medium: Cast Marble