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

Bronze nudes

1511
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Two bronze-coloured male nudes also recline on the cornice of the pendentive representing David and Goliath, while the pairs of putti are placed, respectively, at the sides of the thrones of the prophet Zechariah and Joel. Mirror symmetry is found in the poses of each pair of bronze male nudes, and also of the two pairs of putti flanking the thrones of each seer.




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