Tomb of Michelangelo Buonarroti
Basilica di Santa Croce. Tomb of Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564). Michelangelo's monument was designed by Giorgio Vasari. The bust is by Battista Lorenzi. The statues represent Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture.
On the right, beyond the first altar, Tomb of Michael Angelo, whose remains repose below it (d. at Rome, 1564), erected in 1570 after Vasari's design, the bust by Battista Lorenzi, the fine figure of Architecture (on the right) by Giovanni dall' Opera, Painting and Sculpture by Lorenzi and Valerio Cioli.--Baedeker 1906
Historic Centre of Florence. UNESCO World Heritage. Inscribed in 1982.DSC_0258
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