Madonna of the Stairs
Italian: Madonna della Scala | |
Artist | Michelangelo |
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Year | c. 1491 |
Type | Marble |
Dimensions | 56.7 cm × 40.1 cm (22.3 in × 15.8 in) |
Location | Casa Buonarroti |
The Madonna of the Stairs (or Madonna of the Steps) is a relief sculpture by Michelangelo in the Casa Buonarroti, Florence. It was sculpted around 1491, when Michelangelo was about seventeen. This and the Battle of the Centaurs were Michelangelo's first two sculptures. The first reference to the Madonna of the Stairs as a work by Michelangelo was in the 1568 edition of Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects.[1]
References
- ↑ Madonna of the stairs in Casa Buonarroti Archived February 29, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Media related to Madonna della Scala at Wikimedia Commons
- Madonna of the Stairs - From the Official Site of Casa Buonarroti
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