MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Biography
St Matthew
1503
Marble, height: 271 cm
Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence
Michelangelo arrived to Florence right after
Florence was declared a Republic in 1501 and he spent four years there
being busy with commissions (starting with the commission for creating
the David). The last commission which he received was a collection of twelve
Apostles for the niches of the Choir of the Cathedral. Although we have
the drawing for another statue, St Matthew was the only one he managed
to complete before the contract was annuled when he moved to Rome in 1505.
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