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The 'Atlas' Slave (for tomb of Julius II)

ArtistMichelangelo
Artist Info.Italy 1475-1564
ViewLeft center
Date1530-34
SubjectSculpture
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Materialmarble
Dimensions2.78 m high
CollectionItaly, Florence, Academy
Saskia No.Lid-0225
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., plate 17