Pitti Tondo
Roundel
1501-1506 (sculpted), ca. 1876 (cast)
1501-1506 (sculpted), ca. 1876 (cast)
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This is a plaster cast after the marble original Pitti Tondo by Michelangelo, sculpted between 1501 and 1506. The cast was done by Oronzio Lelli, around 1876. This cast represents the Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Plaster cast |
| Brief description | Plaster Cast, of a Pitti Tondo: The Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist, after the marble original in the Museo Nationale (Bargello), Florence, by Michelangelo, 1501-6, cast by Oronzio Lelli, ca. 1876 |
| Physical description | Plaster Cast of the Pitti Tondo: The Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist after the marble original in the Museo Nationale (Bargello), Florence. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Oronzio Lelli in 1876 (sum unrecorded). |
| Historical context | This unfinished relief is one of two tondi which Vasari (1550) states that Michelangelo blocked out, but did not complete, while working on the David (1501-4) in Florence. It was executed for Bartolommeo Pitti, nephew of the Florentine chancellor, Luca Pitti (1395-1472). This plaster is cast by Oronzio Lelli, ca. 1876. |
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| Summary | This is a plaster cast after the marble original Pitti Tondo by Michelangelo, sculpted between 1501 and 1506. The cast was done by Oronzio Lelli, around 1876. This cast represents the Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist. |
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| Accession number | REPRO.1876-106 |
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| Record created | July 10, 2000 |
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