Leah (sculpture)

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Leah

The Leah is a sculpture by Michelangelo of the Old Testament figure Leah. Like the Rachel, it was part of the final, 1542-45 design for the tomb of Pope Julius II in San Pietro in Vincoli, on which it still remains.

Bibliography

(Italian) Umberto Baldini, Michelangelo scultore, Rizzoli, Milano 1973.
(Italian) Marta Alvarez Gonzáles, Michelangelo, Mondadori Arte, Milano 2007. ISBN 978-88-370-6434-1

List of works · Key: *Attributed, †Lost

Sculptures

Florence, c. 1488–92	†Head of a Faun (c. 1489) Madonna of the Stairs (c. 1491) Battle of the Centaurs (c. 1492) Crucifix (1492)

Bologna, 1494–95	Additions to the Ark of St Dominic (St Petronius, St Proclus, Angel)

Rome, 1496–1500	†Sleeping Cupid (1496) Bacchus (1496-97) †Standing Cupid Pietà (1498-99)

Florence, 1501–5	David (1501–04) Madonna of Bruges (1501–04) Additions to the Piccolomini Altarpiece (Saints Peter, Paul, Pius and Gregory, 1503–04) Pitti Tondo (c. 1503-04) Taddei Tondo (c. 1504-06) St. Matthew (c. 1505)

Tomb of Pope Julius II, 1505-45	Moses (c. 1513–15) Rebellious Slave (1513–16) Dying Slave (1513–16) Young Slave (c. 1519–36) Bearded Slave (c. 1519–36) Atlas Slave (c. 1519–36) Awakening Slave (c. 1519–36) The Genius of Victory (c. 1532–34) Rachel (1545) Leah (1545)

Florence, 1516–34	Christ Carrying the Cross (1519–20) Apollo (c. 1530) Crouching Boy (c. 1530–34)

Medici Chapel (1519–34)	Giuliano de' Medici Night Day Lorenzo de' Medici Dusk Dawn Medici Madonna

Rome, 1534–64	Brutus (1538) Florentine Pietà (c. 1547-53) *Palestrina Pietà (c. 1555) Rondanini Pietà (1552–64)

Paintings

Panel paintings	*The Torment of Saint Anthony (c. 1487–88) Manchester Madonna (c. 1497) The Entombment (c. 1500-01) Doni Tondo (c. 1506–07) †Leda and the Swan (1530)

Salone dei Cinquecento	†Battle of Cascina (1504)

Sistine Chapel	Ceiling (1508–12) The Last Judgment (1537–41)

Cappella Paolina	The Martyrdom of St Peter (c. 1542–45) The Conversion of Saul (c. 1545–50)

Architecture

Florence	New Sacristy (1520–34) and Laurentian Library (1523–59) in the Basilica of San Lorenzo

Rome	Piazza del Campidoglio (1536–46) Palazzo Farnese (1546) St. Peter's Basilica (1546–1564) San Giovanni dei Fiorentini (1559–60) Porta Pia (1561–65) Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri (1561–64)

Works on paper	Study of a Kneeling Nude Girl for The Entombment (c. 1500–1501) Epifania (c. 1550–53)

Milieu	Cecchino dei Bracci Tommaso dei Cavalieri Vittoria Colonna Ascanio Condivi Gherardo Perini Sebastiano del Piombo Febo di Poggio Luigi del Riccio

Related topics	Art patronage of Julius II Casa Buonarroti Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects Replicas of David

Wikimedia	Michelangelo at Wikimedia Commons Michelangelo at Wikiquote

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