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Pitti Tondo

Roundel
1501-1506 (sculpted), ca. 1876 (cast)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Pitti Tondo (popular title)
  • The Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist (generic title)
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 96.5cm
  • Width: 84.5cm
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.
Subjects depicted
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.
Collection
Accession number
REPRO.1876-106

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Record createdJuly 10, 2000
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