MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Biography
Crouching Boy
early 1530s
Marble
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
"The Crouching Boy" was thought to
be chiseled for the Medici Chapel in Florence during the 1520's. The sculpture
remains unfinished permitting an examination of Michelangelo's vigorous
handling of marble.
