Sculpture
Image | Title | Year | Location | Material | Dimensions |
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Head of a faun | c. 1489–1494 | Lost | Marble | ||
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Madonna of the stairs | c. 1491 | Casa Buonarroti, Florence | Marble | 55.5 × 40 cm |
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The Young Archer | c. 1491–1492 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | Marble | height 97 cm |
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Battle of the Centaurs | c. 1492 | Casa Buonarroti, Florence | Marble | 84.5 × 90.5 cm |
Hercules | c. 1492–3 | Lost | Marble | — | |
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Crucifix | c. 1493 | Santo Spirito, Florence | Polychrome wood | 142 × 135 cm |
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St Petronius from The Ark of St Dominic | 1494–1495 | Marble | height 64 cm | |
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St Proclus from The Ark of St Dominic | 1494–1495 | Marble | height 58.5 cm | |
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Angel from The Ark of St Dominic | 1494–1495 | Marble | height 51.5 cm | |
Young St John the Baptist | 1495–1496 | Lost | Marble | — | |
Sleeping Cupid | 1496 | Lost | Marble | — | |
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Bacchus | 1496–1497 | Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence | Marble | height 203 cm |
Standing Cupid | 1497 | Lost | Marble | ||
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Crucifix | 1497–1498? | Santa María de Montserrat, Montserrat | Ivory | |
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Pietà | 1498-1499 | St. Peter's Basilica, Rome | Marble | height 174 cm, width at the base 195 cm |
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David | 1501–1504 | Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence | Marble | height 5.17 meter (17 ft) |
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Madonna and Child (Madonna of Bruges) | 1501–1504 | Church of Our Lady, Bruges | Marble | height 128 cm |
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St. Paul | 1503–1504 | Cathedral, Siena | Marble | |
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St. Peter | 1503–1504 | Cathedral, Siena | Marble | |
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St. Pius | 1503–1504 | Cathedral, Siena | Marble | |
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St. Gregory | 1503–1504 | Cathedral, Siena | Marble | |
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Madonna and Child (Tondo Pitti) | c. 1503-1504 | Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence | Marble | 85,8 × 82 cm |
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Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John (Taddei Tondo) | c. 1504-1506 | Royal Academy of Arts, London | Marble/Coon(a type of graphite) | diameter 82.5 cm |
St. Matthew | c. 1505 | Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence | Marble | height 271 cm | |
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Tomb of Pope Julius II | 1505-1545 | |||
Statue of Julius II (destroyed 1511) | 1508 | Formerly Basilica of San Petronio, Bologna | Bronze | — | |
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Moses | c. 1513–1515 | San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome | ||
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Rebellious Slave | 1513–1516 | Louvre, Paris | ||
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Dying Slave | 1513–1516 | Louvre, Paris | ||
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Young Slave | 1520–1523 | Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze, Florence | Marble | |
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Atlas Slave | 1520–1523 | Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze, Florence | Marble | height 2.77 m |
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Awakening Slave | 1520–1523 | Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze, Florence | Marble | height 2.67 m |
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Bearded Slave | 1520–1523 | Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze, Florence | Marble | height 2.63 m |
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The Genius of Victory | c. 1532–1534 | Palazzo Vecchio, Florence | Marble | height 261 cm |
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Rachel | 1545 | San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome | ||
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Leah | 1545 | San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome | ||
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Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, Night and Day | c. 1526-1534 | |||
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Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Dusk and Dawn | c. 1524-1534 | |||
Virgin and Child | |||||
Apollo (David) | c. 1530 | Museo Nazionale del Bargello | Marble | height 146 cm | |
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Crouching Boy | c. 1530–1534 | State Hermitage, St. Petersburg | Marble | height 54 cm |
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Cristo della Minerva (Christ Carrying the Cross) | 1519–1520 | church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome | Marble | height 205 cm |
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Brutus | 1538 | Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence | Marble | height 95 cm |
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Florentine Pietà | c. 1547-1553 | Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence | Marble | height 253 cm |
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Palestrina Pietà | c. 1555 | Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence | Marble | height 253 cm |
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Rondanini Pietà | 1552–1564 | Castello Sforzesco, Milan | Marble | height 195 cm |
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