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List of works by Michelangelo

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The following is a list of works of painting, sculpture and architecture by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo. Lost works are included, but not commissions that Michelangelo never made. Michelangelo also left many drawings, sketches, and some works in poetry.

Sculpture

Title Year Location Material Dimensions Image
Head of a faun 1489-94[1] lost
Madonna of the stairs c. 1491 Casa Buonarroti, Florence Marble 55.5 × 40 cm Madonna of the Steps
Battle of the Centaurs c. 1492 Casa Buonarroti, Florence Marble 84.5 × 90.5 cm Battle of the Centaurs
Crucifix 1492 Santo Spirito, Florence Polychrome wood 142 × 135 cm Crucifix
The Ark of St Dominic San Domenico, Bologna The Ark of St Dominic
St Petronius from The Ark of St Dominic 1494–1495 Marble height 64 St Petronius
St Proclus from The Ark of St Dominic 1494–1495 Marble height 58.5 cm St Proclus
Angel from The Ark of St Dominic 1494–1495 Marble height 51.5 cm
Cupid (Florence)
Cupid (Rome)
Bacchus 1496–1497 Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence Marble height 203 cm Bacchus
Crucifix[2] 1497–1498? Santa María de Montserrat, Montserrat Ivory Crucifix
Pietà 1499–1500 St. Peter's Basilica, Rome Marble height 174 cm, width at the base 195 cm Pieta
David 1501–1504 Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence Marble height 5.17 meter (17 ft) David
Madonna and Child (Madonna of Bruges) 1501–1504 Church of Our Lady, Bruges Marble height 128 cm Madonna and Child
St. Paul 1503–1504 Cathedral, Siena Marble
St. Peter 1503–1504 Cathedral, Siena Marble St. Peter
Pius 1503–1504 Cathedral, Siena Marble
Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John (Taddei Tondo) c. 1503 Royal Academy of Arts, London Marble/Coon(a type of graphite) diameter 82.5 cm
Madonna and Child (Tondo Pitti) c. 1503 Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence 85,8 × 82 cm
St. Matthew c. 1505 Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence Marble height 271 cm
Tomb of Pope Julius II 1503[3] Moses
Moses c. 1513–1515 San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome Moses
Rebellious Slave 1513–1516 Louvre, Paris The Rebellious Slave
Dying Slave 1513–1516 Louvre, Paris The Dying Slave
Young Slave 1520–1523 Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze, Florence
Atlas Slave 1520–1523 Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze, Florence
Bearded Slave 1520–1523 Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze, Florence
Awakening Slave 1520–1523 Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze, Florence
The Genius of Victory c. 1532–1534 Palazzo Vecchio, Florence Marble height 261 cm
Rachel 1545 San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome
Leah 1545 San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome
Medici Chapel 1520–1534 Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence, architecture
Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, Night and Day
Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Evening and Morning[4]
Virgin and Child
Apollo (David) c. 1530 Museo Nazionale del Bargello Marble height 146 cm
Crouching Boy c. 1530–1534 State Hermitage, St. Petersburg Marble height 54 cm
Cristo della Minerva (Christ Carrying the Cross) (1519–1520) church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome Marble height 205 cm Christ Carrying the Cross
Brutus 1540 Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence Marble height 95 cm
Florentine Pietà c. 1550 Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence Marble height 253 cm The Florentine Pieta
Rondanini Pietà 1552–1564[5] Castello Sforzesco, Milan Marble height 195 cm The Rondanini Pieta
Palestrina Pietà[6] Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence Marble height 253 cm The Palestrina Pieta

Painting

Image Details Notes
The Torment of Saint Anthony
The Torment of Saint Anthony
c. 1487–1488[7]
Oil and tempera on panel
47 cm × 35 cm (18½ in × 13¼ in)
Kimbell Art Museum, purchased from Sotheby's auction, Catalogue of Old Masters sale (Lot No. 69), 9 July, 2008 by Adam Williams Fine Art, New York, as "Workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio". Subsequently purchased by the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX and attributed to Michelangelo[8][9].
Manchester Madonna
Madonna and Child with St John and Angels
(The Manchester Madonna)
circa 1497
Tempera on panel
105 cm × 76 cm (41 in × 30 in)
National Gallery, London
The Entombment
The Entombment
circa 1500–1501
Tempera on panel
162 cm × 150 cm (64 in × 59 in)
National Gallery, London
Doni Tondo
Doni Tondo
(The Holy Family)
circa 1503/6[10]
Oil and tempera on panel
120 cm (47 ½ in) diameter
Uffizi, Florence
A painting of the Michelangelo's pupil Aristotele da Sangallo
The Battle of Cascina
1504
Lost
An unfinished fresco that was to be painted in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, in competition with Leonardo da Vinci's The Battle of Anghiari
God Creating Adam, from the Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Detail: The Creation of Adam
Sistine Chapel ceiling
1508–1512
Fresco
Sistine Chapel, Rome
The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment
1534–1541
Fresco
1,370 cm × 1,200 cm (540 in × 470 in)
Sistine Chapel, Rome
The Conversion of Saul
The Conversion of Saul
circa 1542–1545
Fresco
625 cm × 661 cm (246 in × 260 in)
Cappella Paolina, Vatican Palace, Rome
The Martyrdom of St Peter
The Crucifixion of St. Peter
circa 1546–1550
Fresco
625 cm × 662 cm (246 in × 261 in)
Cappella Paolina, Vatican Palace, Rome

Architecture

Image Building City Notes
Chapel of Leo X
Castel Sant'Angelo
1514-1515
Rome
Plan for facade
Basilica of San Lorenzo
1516–1520
Florence Unexecuted
New Sacristy (Medici Chapel)
Basilica of San Lorenzo
1520–1534
Florence
Laurentian Library
Basilica of San Lorenzo
1523–1559
Florence
City fortifications
1528–1529
Florence
Piazza del Campidoglio complex
Capitoline Hill
Rome
Palazzo Farnese
Palazzo Farnese
1546
Rome
St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter's Basilica
1546–1564
Rome
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
1559–1560
Rome
Sforza Chapel
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
c. 1560
Rome
Porta Pia
1561–1565
Rome
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri
1561–
Rome

Notes

  1. ^ "Michelangelo". NNDB. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  2. ^ New attribution, disputed. Previously attributed to Ghiberti
  3. ^ Underwent six different phases, in 1505, 1513, 1516, 1525–1526, 1532 and 1542
  4. ^ also known as Dusk and Dawn
  5. ^ Unfinished
  6. ^ The attribution of this work to Michelangelo is disputed.
  7. ^ Earliest Known Painting by Michelangelo Acquired By the Kimbell Art Museum, Kimbell Art Museum, 2009-05-13, retrieved 2009-05-13
  8. ^ Provenance details at https://www.kimbellart.org/Collections/Collections-Detail.aspx?P=&TypeID=&Focus=&cid=8666&prov=true&cons=false#prov
  9. ^ Budd, Denise, "Michaelangelo's first painting" [exhibition review], The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2010. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Michelangelo%27s+First+Painting.-a0240916107
  10. ^ http://www.artbible.info/art/large/508.html