The Dying Slave is a sculpture by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo. Created between 1513 and 1516, it was to serve with another figure, the Rebellious Slave, at the tomb of Pope Julius II.[1] It is a marble figure 2.15 metres (7' 4") in height, and is exhibited at the Louvre, Paris.
| Dying Slave | |
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| Artist | Michelangelo |
| Year | 1513-1516 |
| Type | sculpture |
| Medium | Marble |
| Dimensions | 215 cm (85 in) |
| Location | Louvre, Paris |
| Preceded by | Rebellious Slave |
| Followed by | Young Slave |
In 1976 the art historian Richard Fly wrote that it "suggests that moment when life capitulates before the relentless force of dead matter".[2] However, in a recent scholarly volume entitled The Slave in European Art, Charles Robertson discusses the Dying Slave in the context of real slavery in Italy during the era of the Renaissance.[3]
Fourteen reproductions of the Dying Slave adorn the top storey of the 12th arrondissement police station in Paris.[4] Although Art Deco in style, the building was designed in 1991 by architects Manuel Núñez Yanowsky and Miriam Teitelbaum.[5][6]
See also
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edit- ^ Panofsky, Erwin. "The First Two Projects of Michelangelo's Tomb of Julius II". The Art Bulletin, Volume 19, No. 4, December 1937. pp. 561–579.
- ^ Fly, Richard. Shakespeare's Mediated World. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1976. p. 30.
- ^ Charles Robertson, "Allegory and Ambiguity in Michelangelo's Slave", in The Slave in European Art: From Renaissance Trophy to Abolitionist Emblem, ed. Elizabeth McGrath and Jean Michel Massing, London (The Warburg Institute) 2012.
- ^ "« L'esclave mourant » de l'Hôtel de Police du 12ème" [The Dying Slave on the police station of the 12th arrondissement]. Brèves d'histoire (in French). WordPress. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
- ^ Challenge 7: Curious figures on the Avenue Daumesnil Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ Promenade Plantee Archived 2018-09-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 July 2018.
External links
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Media related to Dying Slave by Michelangelo Buonarroti at Wikimedia Commons
| External videos | |
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 Michelangelo's Slaves[dead link], Smarthistory |