List of works by Michelangelo

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The following is a list of works of painting, sculpture and architecture by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo . Lost works are included, but not commissions that Michelangelo never made. Michelangelo also left many drawings, sketches, and some works in poetry.

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Sculpture

ImageTitleYearLocationMaterialDimensions
Calco della testa di satiro attr. al buonarroti e rubato dal bargello nel 1944.JPG
Head of a Faunc.1489–1494 [1] Lost in 1944Marble
Plaster cast
Buonarotti-scala.jpg
Madonna of the Stairs c.1491 Casa Buonarroti, Florence Marble55.5 × 40 cm
Michelangelo, centauromachia, 1492 ca. 01.JPG
Battle of the Centaurs c.1492 Casa Buonarroti, Florence Marble84.5 × 90.5 cm
Rubens, copia dell'ercole di michelangelo, louvre.jpg
Hercules (in Italian)c.1492–1493LostMarble
Copy by Peter Paul Rubens
Installazione florens 2012 crocifisso michelangelo 01.JPG
Crucifix c.1493 Santo Spirito, Florence Polychrome wood142 × 135 cm
Autori vari, arca di san domenico, protettori di bologna, 02 petronio di michelangelo, 1494, 2.jpg
Saint Petronius from the Ark of Saint Dominic 1494–1495 Basilica of San Domenico, Bologna Marbleheight 64 cm
Autori vari, arca di san domenico, protettori di bologna, 02 procolo di michelangelo, 1494.jpg
Saint Proculus from the Ark of Saint Dominic 1494–1495 Basilica of San Domenico, Bologna Marbleheight 58.5 cm
Autori vari, arca di san domenico, angelo reggicandelabro di michelangelo, 1494, 01.jpg
Angel from the Ark of Saint Dominic 1494–1495 Basilica of San Domenico, Bologna Marbleheight 51.5 cm
Giulio romano, giove, national gallery di londra, forse copia del cupido di michelangelo.jpg
Sleeping Cupid 1496Lost[ when? ]Marble
possibly a copy by Giulio Romano
Michelangelo Bacchus.jpg
Bacchus 1496–1497 Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence Marbleheight 203 cm
Michelangelo, studio forse per il cupido-apollo, louvre 2.jpg
Cupid Apollo (in Italian)1497LostMarble
possibly a study for the Standing Cupid
Michelangelo's Pieta 5450 cropncleaned edit.jpg
Pietà 1498–1499 St. Peter's Basilica, Rome Marbleheight 174 cm, width at the base 195 cm
'David' by Michelangelo Fir JBU002.jpg
David 1501–1504 Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence Marbleheight 5.17 meters (17.0 feet)
Madonna michelangelo1.jpg
Madonna and Child (Madonna of Bruges) 1501–1504 Church of Our Lady, Bruges Marbleheight 128 cm
Michelangelo, studio per il david de rohan, louvre.jpg
David De Rohan (in Italian)1502–1508LostBronze
Michelangelo.St Peter.Duomo di Siena.jpg
Saint Paul 1503–1504 Siena Cathedral, Siena Marble
Michelangelo, san pietro 01.JPG
Saint Peter 1503–1504 Siena Cathedral, Siena Marble
Michelangelo, san pio 02.jpg
Saint Pius 1503–1504 Siena Cathedral, Siena Marble
Michelangelo, san gregorio 01.JPG
Saint Gregory 1503–1504 Siena Cathedral, Siena Marble
Pitti Tondo (casting in Pushkin museum) by shakko 01.jpg
Madonna and Child (Tondo Pitti) c. 1503 – 1504 Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence Marble85,8 × 82 cm
Michelangelo, tondo taddei, 1504-05 ca. 01.JPG
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John (Taddei Tondo) c. 1504 – 1506 Royal Academy of Arts, London Marble/Coon (a type of graphite)diameter 82.5 cm
'St Matthew' by Michelangelo - JBU 02.jpg
Saint Matthew c. 1505 Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence Marbleheight 271 cm
'Moses' by Michelangelo JBU010.jpg
Tomb of Pope Julius II 1505–1545 [2] San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome
Statue of Julius II (destroyed 1511)1508Formerly Basilica of San Petronio, Bologna Bronze
'Moses' by Michelangelo JBU160.jpg
Moses c. 1513–1515 San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome
Michelangelo-The Rebellious Slave.jpg
Rebellious Slave 1513–1516 Louvre, Paris Marbleheight 215 cm
Dying slave Louvre MR 1590.jpg
Dying Slave 1513–1516 Louvre, Paris Marbleheight 229 cm
BLW Model of a slave2.jpg
Young Slave scale model (in Italian)c.1520 Victoria & Albert Museum, London Waxheight 16,5 cm
Michelangelo - Young slave.jpg
Young Slave 1520–1523 Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence Marbleheight 256 cm
Michelangelo - Atlas.jpg
Atlas Slave 1520–1523 Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence Marbleheight 277 cm
Michelangelo - Awakening slave.jpg
Awakening Slave 1520–1523 Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence Marbleheight 267 cm
Michelangelo - Bearded slave.jpg
Bearded Slave 1520–1523 Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence Marbleheight 263 cm
Michelangelo's Madonna Medici (casting in Pushkin museum) by shakko 01.jpg
Medici Madonna 1521–1534 Medici Chapel, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence Marbleheight 226 cm
Michelangelo, due lottatori, 1530 circa 02.JPG
Scale model for two Fighters (in Spanish)c.1525 Casa Buonarroti, Florence Clayheight 41 cm
Michelangelo-Genius of Victory-Palazzo vecchio.jpg
The Genius of Victory c. 1532–1534 Palazzo Vecchio, Florence Marbleheight 261 cm
Michelangelo-Rachel.jpg
Rachel 1545 San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome Marbleheight 209 cm
Michelangelo-Leah.jpg
Leah 1545 San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome Marbleheight 197 cm
Life of Michael Angelo, 1912 - Tomb of Giulino de Medici.jpg
Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours (in Italian), Night and Day c. 1526 – 1534 Medici Chapel, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence
Life of Michael Angelo, 1912 - Monument of Lorenzo de Medici.jpg
Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (in Italian), Dusk and Dawn [3] c. 1524 – 1534 Medici Chapel, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence
Michelangelo, apollino 01.jpg
Apollo c. 1530 Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence Marbleheight 146 cm
Michelangelo-Buonarroti-Crouching Boy-Hermitage.jpg
Crouching Boy c. 1530 – 1534 State Hermitage, Saint Petersburg Marbleheight 54 cm
Michelangelo-Christ the Redeemer.jpg
Cristo della Minerva (Christ Carrying the Cross) 1519–1520church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome Marbleheight 205 cm
Michelangelo Brutus.jpg
Brutus 1538 Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence Marbleheight 95 cm
Pieta Bandini Opera Duomo Florence n01.jpg
Florentine Pietà c. 1547 – 1553 Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence Marbleheight 253 cm
Michelangelo pieta rondanini.jpg
Rondanini Pietà 1552–1564 [4] Castello Sforzesco, Milan Marbleheight 195 cm

Attributed sculpture

ImageTitleYearLocationMaterialDimensions
Christ of Guadalupe.jpg
Christ of Guadalupe1560Guadalupe, Cáceres, SpainIvory20 cm
Michelangelo (attr.), giovane arciere, 1491-92 ca. 01.JPG
Young Archer (in Italian)c.1491–1492 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkMarbleheight 97 cm
Michelangelo buonarroti (attr.), venere con amorino, 1491 ca..JPG
Venus and Cupid (in Italian)c.1491–1492 Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, FlorenceMarble43,5x58 cm
Crocifisso attribuito a Michelangelo2.jpg
Gallino Crucifix (in Italian)c.1495–1497 Bargello Museum, FlorenceWood41,3×39,7 cm
Young Saint John the Baptist [5] c.1495–1497 Sacred Chapel of El Salvador, Úbeda Marbleheight 130 cm
Crucifix - Basilica de Montserrat - Montserrat 2014.JPG
Crucifix of Montserrat (in Spanish)c.1497–1498 Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey, Monistrol de Montserrat Ivory
After michelangelo, nudo virile (from original work of 1501-1503) 2.JPG
Naked man I (in Italian)c.1501–1504 Casa Buonarroti, FlorenceTerracottaheight 49 cm
Piazza della signoria angolo via della ninna, palazzo vecchio, cantonata con testa scolpita 02.jpg
Importuno di Michelangelo c. 1504 Palazzo Vecchio, FlorencePietraforte
Michelangelo (alleged) bronze at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.jpg
Michelangelo Bronzes [6] 1506–1508 Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England Bronze
Michelangelo, torso virile, 1513 circa.JPG
Male torso I (in Italian)c.1513 Casa Buonarroti, FlorenceTerracottaheight 23 cm
Michelangelo, torso virile, 1513 circa, 1.JPG
Male torso II (in Italian)c.1513 Casa Buonarroti, FlorenceTerracottaheight 22,5 cm
Michelangelo, nudo femminile, terracotta, 1533 circa 05.JPG
Naked woman scale model (in Italian)c.1513 or 1532 Casa Buonarroti, FlorenceTerracottaheight 35 cm
Cristo portacroce michelangelo2.jpg
Cristo della Minerva (first version?) (in Wikimedia)c.1514–1516San Vincenzo, Bassano Romano Marble
Michelangelo Pieta Palestri.jpg
Palestrina Pietà [7] c.1555 Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence Marbleheight 253 cm
Michelangelo, crocifisso in legno, 1562 ca. 02.JPG
Scale model for a Crucifixc.1562Woodheight 20,5 cm

Painting

ImageDetailsNotes
Entombment Michelangelo.jpg
The Entombment
c. 1500 – 1501
Tempera on panel
162 cm × 150 cm (64 in × 59 in)
National Gallery, London
Tondo Doni, por Miguel Angel.jpg
Doni Tondo
(The Holy Family)
c. 1503 – 1506 [8]
Oil and tempera on panel
120 cm (47 in) diameter
Uffizi, Florence
Battagliadicascina.jpg
The Battle of Cascina
1504
Lost
An unfinished fresco that was to be painted in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, in competition with Leonardo da Vinci's The Battle of Anghiari
Creacion de Adan.jpg
Sistine Chapel ceiling
1508–1512
Fresco
Sistine Chapel, Rome
Rome Sistine Chapel 01.jpg
The Last Judgment
1536–1541
Fresco
1,370 cm × 1,200 cm (540 in × 470 in)
Sistine Chapel, Rome
Da michelangelo, leda e il cigno, post 1530 (national gallery) 01.jpg
Leda and the Swan
c. 1530
Egg tempera on panel
Lost
Conversion of Saint Paul (Michelangelo Buonarroti).jpg
The Conversion of Saul
c. 1542 – 1545
Fresco
625 cm × 661 cm (246 in × 260 in)
Cappella Paolina, Vatican Palace, Rome
Martyrdom Michelangelo.jpg
The Crucifixion of Saint Peter
c. 1546 – 1550
Fresco
625 cm × 662 cm (246 in × 261 in)
Cappella Paolina, Vatican Palace, Rome

Attributed paintings

ImageDetailsNotes
Michelangelo Buonarroti - The Torment of Saint Anthony - Google Art Project.jpg
The Torment of Saint Anthony
c. 1487 – 1488 [9]
Oil and tempera on panel
47 cm × 35 cm (18+12 in × 13+34 in)
Kimbell Art Museum, purchased from Sotheby's auction, Catalogue of Old Masters sale (Lot No. 69), 9 July 2008 by Adam Williams Fine Art, New York, as "Workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio". Subsequently purchased by the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas and attributed to Michelangelo. [10] [11]
Michelangelo manchaster.jpg
Madonna and Child with Saint John and Angels
(The Manchester Madonna)
c. 1497
Tempera on panel
105 cm × 76 cm (41 in × 30 in)
National Gallery, London

Architecture

ImageBuildingCityNotes
Cortile dell'angelo, con la cappella dei santi cosma e damiano di leone X, 04.JPG
Chapel of Leo X
Castel Sant'Angelo
1514–1515
Rome
Michelangelo, modello per la facciata di san lorenzo, 1518 ca. 01.JPG
(model in Casa Buonarroti)
Facade for the Basilica of San Lorenzo
Basilica of San Lorenzo
1516–1520
FlorenceUnexecuted
Firenze Sagrestia Nuova.jpg
New Sacristy (Medici Chapel)
Basilica of San Lorenzo
1520–1534
Florence
Biblioteca medicea laurenziana, sala di lettura di michelangelo, 01.jpg
Laurentian Library
Basilica of San Lorenzo
1523–1559
Florence
Michelangelo, studio per porta san gallo.jpg
Plans for new City fortifications
1528–1529
Florence
San lorenzo, tribuna delle reliquie di michelangelo, 02.JPG
Tribune for the Relics
Basilica of San Lorenzo
1531–1532
Florence
Campidoglio Roma.jpg
Piazza del Campidoglio complex
Capitoline Hill
1536–1546
Rome
Palais Farnese.jpg
Palazzo Farnese
1546
Rome
L'Architecture de la Renaissance - Fig. 13.PNG
Plans for St. Peter's Basilica (especially for the dome)
1546–1564
Rome
Michelangelo, project for san Giovanni de' Fiorentini 01.JPG
Plans for San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
1559–1560
Rome
Cappella sforza, su dis. di michelangelo (1562-73) 01.JPG
Sforza Chapel
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
c. 1560
Rome
Porta Pia - internal side.jpg
Porta Pia
1561–1565
Rome
3223 - Roma - Santa Maria degli Angeli - Interno - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 17-June-2007.jpg
Interior remodeling of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri
1563–1564
Rome

Presentation drawings and cartoons

ImageDetailsNotes
Dreamofhumanlife.jpg
The Dream of Human Life
c.1533
Black chalk on laid paper
39.8 × 27.8 cm
Courtauld Institute of Art, London [12]
Michelangelo, caduta di fetonte.jpg
The Fall of Phaëthon
1533
31.2 × 21.5 cm
British Museum, London
Pieta per Vittoria Colonna.jpg
Pietà for Vittoria Colonna
c.1538–44
Black chalk on paper
28.9 × 18.9 cm
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston [13]
Miguel Angel Crucifixion drawing.jpg
Crucified Christ
c.1541
36.8 × 26.8 cm
British Museum, London
Michelangelo Epifania.jpg
Epifania
c.1550–3
232.7 × 165.6 cm
British Museum, London
'Madonna del Silenzio' by Michelangelo Buonarroti, c. 1538.jpg
Madonna del Silenzio
c. 1538
The Portland Collection, Nottinghamshire

Notes

  1. "Michelangelo". NNDB. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  2. Underwent six different phases, in 1505, 1513, 1516, 1525–1526, 1532 and 1542
  3. (also known as Evening and Morning)
  4. Unfinished
  5. Povoledo, Elisabetta (30 June 2013). "The New York Times" . Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  6. Brown, Mark (2 February 2015). "Michelangelo's bronze panther-riders revealed after 'Renaissance whodunnit' | Art and design | The Guardian". The Guardian. theguardian.com. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  7. The attribution of this work to Michelangelo is disputed.
  8. "Michelangelo Buonarroti: The Holy Family". artbible.info. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  9. Earliest Known Painting by Michelangelo Acquired By the Kimbell Art Museum Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine , Kimbell Art Museum, 13 May 2009, retrieved 13 May 2009.
  10. Provenance details at https://www.kimbellart.org/Collections/Collections-Detail.aspx?P=&TypeID=&Focus=&cid=8666&prov=true&cons=false#prov Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  11. "Michelangelo's First Painting. – Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  12. "The Dream (Il Sogno)". A&A. Courtuald Institute of Art. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  13. "Pietà". Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

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