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The First Version of Michelangelo's Christ for S. Maria Sopra Minerva

12/2000 | 1173 | 142

Pages: 740-745

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Author:

Baldriga, Irene (Baldriga, Irene)

Subjects

artists:

Michelangelo

buildings:

Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, Italy

dates:

1500-1599

places:

Italy / Rome

subjects:

Italian sculpture / Jesus Christ

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Christ the Redeemer, by Michelangelo. 1518-21. Marble, 205 cm. High Without the Cross, c.250 cm. with the Cross and Base (S. Maria Sopra Minerva, Rome).

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10. Detail of Bacchus's Left Hand in Fig.5.

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11. Detail of Christ's Left Leg in Fig.2 Seen from the Front.

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12. Detail of the Legs of the Rebellious Slave, by Michelangelo, c.1513 (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

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2. Christ the Redeemer, Here Attributed to Michelangelo. 1514-16, with Later Interventions by a Seventeenth-Century Roman Sculptor. Marble, 201 cm. High Without the Cross, c.250 cm. with the Cross and Base (S. Vicenzo Martire, Bassano Romano).

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3. Detail of Fig.2 Showing the Black Vein in the Face.

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4. Detail of Fig.2 Showing the Black Vein from below.

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5. Bacchus, by Michelangelo. 1496-97. Marble, 184 cm. High, 203 cm. with the Base (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).

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6. Drawing of a Male Nude, by Michelangelo. Pen and Brown Ink, 33.9 by 16.6 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

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7. Study for Christ the Redeemer, by Michelangelo. Pen and Brown Ink and Red Chalk, 23.8 by 20.8 cm. (Formerly Collection of Sir Brinsley Ford, London).

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8. Detail of Christ's Left Hand in Fig.2, Seen from the Front.

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9. Detail of Christ's Left Hand in Fig.2, Seen from behind.

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