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 * __ Pieta from the Duomo in Florence __

By MIchaelangelo Buonarroti **



This sculpture was originally created to go on the altar of Michelangelo’s funerary chapel in Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. Michelangelo was nearly eighty when he created it. From portraits of Michelangelo, it is apparent that he gave his own features to Nicodemus, one of the two men who removed Christ from the cross. Vasari said that during the construction of the sculpture an imperfection in the grain, called a “pelo che v’eta”, caused the arm of Mary, the arm of Christ, and Christ’s left leg to be destroyed. Michelangelo left the work unfinished and mutilated. Tibero Caicagni restored the work, but it was still imperfect after his death. Grand Duke Cosmo III had the statue moved to the crypt of San Lorenzo, and from there it was moved to the alter of the cathedral, then to one of the chapels of the north tribune, and finally to its final spot in the Museo dell'Opera del //Duomo.//

Starting at the Ponte Vecchio, walk north on Via Por Santa Maria. Follow this road until you reach the Duomo. Take a right in the piazza before the Baptistery and follow the piazza around to the east side of it. The front of the Museo dell'Opera del //Duomo// is facing into the piazza on the east side//.//

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