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Battle of the Centaurs Michelangelo Buonarroti Giuseppe Lelli (cast maker)

Artist

Michelangelo Buonarroti Caprese, 1475 – Rome, 1564

Giuseppe Lelli (cast maker) Firenze

Date ca. 1492 (original), 1906 (cast)
Object type plaster cast
Medium, technique plaster cast
Dimensions

89 × 88.5 × 16 cm

Inventory number Rg.233
Collection Sculptures
On view This artwork is not on display

The Battle of the Centaurs is one of the very early works in marble by Michelangelo. It was carved around 1492 and remained unfinished as many other sculptural works by Michelangelo. The relief was inspired from the Late Antique sarcophagi, and shows the influence of Bertoldo di Giovanni (c. 1430/1440–1491) and Antonio Pollaiuolo (c. 1432–1498) in such a manner, which reflects an artistically mature sculptor. The Museum purchased the plaster cast of the Battle of the Centaurs in 1906, and the copy was exhibited in the Michelangelo Room in 1909. This plaster cast is installed in Kecskemét at the House of Science and Technology since 1976, together with other fourteen plaster casts after Michelangelo’s statues.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.

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