13 Inches High x 10 Inches Wide x 7 Inches Deep

This life-sized mask is from the statue of Giuliano de Medici (duke de Nemours) at his tomb in the Medici Chapel (Cappella Medicea). The statue sits in a niche across from a statue of his nephew, Lorenzo de Medici (duke di Urbino). Not regarded as portraits, the figures of Giuliano and Lorenzo represent action and reflection, respectively. On the cast in our collection, we have left intact the created during the old moldmaking process used in the past.

Artist: Michelangelo

Museum/Location: Medici Chapel, New Sacristy, the Church of San Lorenzo, Florence

Origin: Medici Chapel, New Sacristy, the Church of San Lorenzo, Florence

Time Period: Renaissance, c. 1533

1911 Catalog ID # - 13457

Sources:

The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Medici Chapel." Encyclopædia Britannica, 

"Medici Chapels and Church of San Lorenzo." The Museums of Florence, 

"Tomb of the Medicis." Web Gallery of Art,