Lorenzo de'Medici, Duke of Urbino [plaster cast]

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Title	Lorenzo de'Medici, Duke of Urbino [plaster cast]
Alternate Title	Reproduction of Lorenzo de'Medici
View	General view, from above
Work Type	copies (derivative objects) reproductions replicas visual works sculpture (visual work)
Style/Period	Nineteenth century Renaissance
Attribution	after Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian sculptor, 1475-1564) Oronzio Lelli (Italian cast maker, active ca. 1860-1900)
Creator Name	Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
Creator Nationality	Italian
Contributors to Project	Lelli, Oronzio, fl. ca. 1860-1900
Subject.work	death or burial rulers and leaders Medici, Lorenzo de', 1492-1519 Roman military dress helmet contemplative
Country	United Kingdom
City	London
State/Province	England
Architectural Material	patinated plaster
Technique	casting (process)
Dates	ca. 1881 (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	5/25/2007
Subject Information	The decoration of the Medici funerary chapel was commissioned from Michelangelo in 1520 by Cardinal Giulio de'Medici, afterwards Pope Clement VII (1478-1534). The figure of Lorenzo (1492-1519) is seated in a niche above his tomb on which recline allegorical figures of Dawn and Dusk. The marble original dates from ca. 1526-1534.
Information.source	V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) [website]; http://www.vam.ac.uk/
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art); Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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