COLLECTION NAME:
Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images
Record
ID_Number:
WBD_06987
Creator name:
Buonarroti, Michelangelo
Creator dates:
1475-1564
Creator nationality:
Italian
Title:
Esclave mourant
Title:
Dying Slave
View description:
full frontal view
Date:
ca. 1513-1515
Date type:
creation date
Repository name:
Louvre Museum
Repository name variant:
Musee du Louvre
Repository location:
Paris, France
Repository_inventory_ number:
MR 1590; #15044
Style_Period:
Renaissance
Subject:
man (male human)
Subject:
nudes (representations)
Culture:
Italian
Category:
Sculpture and Installations
Work_type:
statue
Material_Technique:
Marble
Measurement:
2.277 x 0.724 x 0.535 m
Note:
Commissioned in 1505 by Julius II (1503-1513 pontificate) for his tomb in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome
