MONTELUPO, Raffaello da
(b. 1504, Firenze, d. 1566, Orvieto)

Tomb of Pope Leo X

1541-42
Marble
Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome

In 1541-42 Raffaelo completed the seated figure of Leo X for the Pope's tomb in Santa Maria sopra Minerva, left unfinished by Baccio Bandinelli. The tomb was designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger.