The Day (one of a pair) ca. 1600 After an original by Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian The origin of these (see also 1971.206.36), as of the numerous other reduced versions of Michelangelo's brooding personifications on the Medici tombs, is a vexed issue. The style of this pair differs markedly from Michelangelo's own; the careful surfaces and precise, formalized delineation of the musculature and hair suggest a late mannerist Florentine source, but an eighteenth-century origin in the north has also been proposed.. The Day (one of a pair). After an original by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475-1564 Rome). Italian. ca. 1600. Terracotta. Sculpture
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