Which famous statue by Michelangelo is held in the Galleria dell' Academia in Florence?
Michelangelo Florentine freedom to be placed on the gable of Florence Cathedral. Michelangelo responded by completing his most famous work, the statue of David, in 1504. The masterwork definitively established his prominence as a sculptor of extraordinary technical skill and strength of symbolic imagination. A team of consultants, including Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci, was called together to decide upon its placement, ultimately the Piazza della Signoria, in front of the Palazzo Vecchio. It now stands in the Academia while a replica occupies its place in the square. With the completion of the "David" came another commission. In early 1504 Leonardo
The Deposition (Michelangelo) of the scene. The Sculpture stayed with the Bandini family in Rome until 1671 when it was sold to Cosimo III. Cosimo III brought the sculpture to Florence where it went around from museum to museum for a while. The Florentine Pietà currently resides in the Museo dell ‘Opera del Duomo. The Deposition (Michelangelo) The Deposition (also called the Bandini Pietà or The Lamentation over the Dead Christ) is a marble sculpture by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo. The sculpture, on which Michelangelo worked between 1547 and 1555, depicts four figures: the dead body of Jesus Christ, newly taken