Michelangelo Tomb of Pope Julius II begun 1505

Michelangelo Tomb of Pope Julius II, begun 1505, completed 1547, (marble), San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome Lower level: Rachel, Moses, Leah Upper Level: A Sibyl, Julius II, Virgin and Child, A Prophet Raphael Portrait of Julius II 1512 Tempera on wood, 108, 5 x 80 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Antonio Pollaiuolo Monument of Sixtus IV, 1484 -93 Bronze, Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican

Antonio Pollaiuolo Tomb of Pope Innocent VIII 1492 -98 Gilded bronze, height: 549 cm Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican

Drawing of St. Peter’s under construction

Drawing of St. Peter’s, interior view

Reconstruction of first design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II, originally planned to be located in New St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City (Rome)

Reconstruction of first design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II, originally planned to be located in New St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City (Rome)

Marble quarries at Carrara

Sistine Chapel, Vatican Exterior view

Interior view of Sistine Chapel

Interior of the Sistine Chapel (pre-restoration) Wall frescoes: 1475 -83 Michelangelo’s Ceiling frescoes: 1508 -12 Michelangelo’s Last Judgement fresco: 1535 -41 Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Post-restoration

Michelangelo, Ignudi from the Sistine Ceiling 1508 -12, fresco Sistine Chapel, Vatican

Michelangelo, Sistine Ceiling with scenes of Judith and Holofernes and David Killing Goliath 1508 -12, fresco Sistine Chapel, Vatican

Michelangelo’s Julius II Tomb, Project of 1513

Project of 1513

Bound Slave c. 1515 Marble, height 229 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

Michelangelo Sistine Ceiling: Drunkenness of Noah 1509 Fresco, 170 x 260 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Dying Slave, c. 1515, (marble, ht. : 229 cm [7 ft 1 in]), Louvre, Paris

Awakening Slave, c. 1520 -1523/1519 -36, (marble, ht. : 267), Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence

Young Slave, c. 1520 -1523, (marble, ht. : 235 cm), Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence

Atlas (Prisoner), c. 1520 -1523, (marble, ht. : 208 cm, [9 ft 1 in]), Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence

Bearded Slave, c. 1520 -1523, (marble, ht. : 248 cm), Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence

Michelangelo Tomb of Pope Julius II, begun 1505, completed 1547, (marble), San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome Lower level: Rachel, Moses, Leah Upper Level: A Sibyl, Julius II, Virgin and Child, A Prophet

Andrea Sansovino, Tomb of Ascanio Sforza, Santa Maria del Popolo Rome,

Moses 1515 Marble, height 235 cm S. Pietro in Vincoli, Rome

Michelangelo Sistine Ceiling Prophet: Joel 1509 Fresco, 170 x 260 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Michelangelo Sistine Ceiling Prophet: Ezekial 1509 Fresco, 170 x 260 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Michelangelo Sistine Ceiling Prophet: Jeremiah 1509 Fresco, 170 x 260 cm Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Donatello and Nanni di Bartolo Abraham and Isaac c. 1418, Marble, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence

Donatello, St. John the Evangelist 1410 -11, Marble Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence

Rachel, c. 1542 -45, (marble, ht. : 197 cm. ), Tomb of Julius II, S. Pietro in Vincoli, Rome

Leah, c. 1542 -45, (marble, ht. : 209 cm. ), Tomb of Julius II, S. Pietro in Vincoli, Rome

Effigy of Pope Julius II