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The Tomb of Pope Julius II is a sculptural and architectural ensemble by Michelangelo and his assistants, originally commissioned in 1505 but not completed until 1545 on a much reduced scale. Originally intended for St. Peter's Basilica , the structure was instead placed in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli on the Esquiline in Rome after the ...
Aug 3, 2023 · The tomb monument for Pope Julius II della Rovere was one of the first commissions Michelangelo received from the Pope himself upon his arrival in Rome at the beginning of the sixteenth century. It was intended by the patron to be a free-standing, enormous, and auto-celebratory mausoleum.
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Title: Design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II della Rovere. Artist: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome) Date: 1505–6. Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over stylus ruling and leadpoint. Dimensions: 20 1/16 × 12 9/16 in. (51 × 31.9 cm) Framed: 25 3/4 × 17 3/4 in. (65.4 × 45.1 cm) Classification: Drawings
Explore the history and the art of Michelangelo's Tomb of Pope Julius II, a masterpiece of the Renaissance that depicts the life and the legend of the Pope. See the statues, the slaves, the Moses, the Rachel and the Leah, and the drawings of the monument in various stages of completion.
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Mar 18, 2024 · Of Julius’ tomb only the Moses in the church of S. Pietro in Vincoli, in Rome, was completed; the Pope is, however, not interred there but in St. Peter’s, along with the remains of Sixtus IV. The famous bronze statue of the Pope for the church of S. Petronio in Bologna, completed in 1508, was destroyed in 1511.
