MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
(b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma)

Crouching Boy

1530-33
Marble, height 54 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

"The Crouching Boy" was thought to be chiseled for the Medici Chapel in Florence during the 1520's. The sculpture remains unfinished permitting an examination of Michelangelo's vigorous handling of marble.