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Waking Slave (for tomb of Julius II)

ArtistMichelangelo
Artist Info.Italy 1475-1564
ViewFront center
Date1530-34
SubjectSculpture
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Materialmarble
Dimensions2.67m high
CollectionItaly, Florence, Academy
Saskia No.Lid-0217
SourceCunningham & Reich, Culture and Values, 5th ed., chapter 13, plate 5
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 22, plate 10
 Hartt, History of Italian Renaissance Art, 4th ed., chapter 18, plate 568
 Janson, History of Art, 6th ed., chapter 13, plate 16
 Lois Fichner-Rathus, Understanding Art, 6th ed., chapter 9, plate 1