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Manchester Madonna by Michelangelo

Manchester Madonna

Michelangelo · 1494

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Artist
Michelangelo
Date
1494
Location
National Gallery
ART MOVEMENTS
Academic artHigh RenaissanceRenaissance
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THE ARTIST

Michelangelo

1475–1564 · Republic of Florence

Michelangelo, a titan of the High Renaissance, sculpted the iconic 'David' and painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling, leaving an indelible mark on Western art.

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Drunkenness of Noah Drunkenness of Noah 1509 · Sistine Chapel
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Beyond Michelangelo and Renaissance: works from the same years, and from the other movements Manchester Madonna belongs to.

Mona Lisa Same movement · High Renaissance Mona Lisa Leonardo da Vinci · 1503 · Department of Paintings of the Louvre The Mass of Saint Gregory Same era · 1470s–1500s The Mass of Saint Gregory Hieronymus Bosch · 1494 · Museo del Prado Jacopo Pesaro, Bishop of Paphos, being presented by Pope Alexander VI to Saint Peter Same movement · High Renaissance Jacopo Pesaro, Bishop of Paphos, being presented by Pope Alexander VI to Saint Peter Titian · 1504 · Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp Saint Paul with a Donor; Christ Appearing to His Mother Same era · 1470s–1500s Saint Paul with a Donor; Christ Appearing to His Mother Master of the View of Saint Gudula · 1480 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Entombment of Christ Same movement · Academic art The Entombment of Christ Caravaggio · 1600 · Pinacoteca Vaticana Self-portrait, Study of a Hand and a Pillow (recto); Six Studies of Pillows (verso) Same era · 1470s–1500s Self-portrait, Study of a Hand and a Pillow (recto); Six Studies of Pillows (verso) Albrecht Dürer · 1493 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Head of a Child Same movement · Academic art Head of a Child Jacques-Louis David · 1768 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Compositional Sketches for the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, with and without the Infant St. John the Baptist; Diagram of a Perspectival Projection (recto); Slight Doodles (verso) Same era · 1470s–1500s Compositional Sketches for the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, with and without the Infant St. John the Baptist; Diagram of a Perspectival Projection (recto); Slight Doodles (verso) Leonardo da Vinci · 1480 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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