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Crouching boy
Michelangelo, born 1475 - died 1564 - Enlarge image
Crouching boy
- Object:
Plaster cast
- Place of origin:
Florence, Italy (sculpted)
- Date:
ca. 1524 (sculpted)
ca. 1884 (cast) - Artist/Maker:
Michelangelo, born 1475 - died 1564 (after, sculptor)
Elkington and Company (maker) - Materials and Techniques:
Plaster cast
- Museum number:
REPRO.1884-298
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Plaster Cast of a crouching boy, after the marble original in the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
Place of Origin
Florence, Italy (sculpted)
Date
ca. 1524 (sculpted)
ca. 1884 (cast)
Artist/maker
Michelangelo, born 1475 - died 1564 (after, sculptor)
Elkington and Company (maker)
Materials and Techniques
Plaster cast
Dimensions
Height: 56.5 cm
Object history note
Purchased from Elkington & Co in 1884 for £10
Historical context note
The crouching boy was intended to form part of the decoration of the Medici Chapel in the New Sacristy of the church of San Lorenzo in Florence. A drawing by Michelangelo in the British Museum (Wilde No.27r) shows two similar crouching figures above the entablature on the left of the tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici (the Magnificent) (1449-92). This design was never realised and the crouching boy remained unfinished in the Medici Collection, eventually passing to the Hermitage Collection in 1851.
Descriptive line
Plaster Cast of a crouching boy, after the marble original in the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Michelangelo, 1524, cast by Elkington & Co, ca. 1884
Exhibition History
Rodin (Royal Academy of Arts 23/09/2006-01/01/2007)
Materials
Plaster
Techniques
Cast
Subjects depicted
Boys; Nudes
Categories
Sculpture
Collection code
SCP
