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Atlas Slave

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Artist
  
Michelangelo

Media
  
Marble

Created
  
1530–1536

Genre
  
Kinetic art

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Location
  
Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze

Periods
  
Italian Renaissance, High Renaissance, Renaissance

Similar
  
Michelangelo artwork, Marble

The Atlas Slave is a 2.77m high marble statue by Michelangelo, dated to 1525–30. It is one of the 'Prisoners', the series of unfinished sculptures for the tomb of Pope Julius II. It is now held in the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence.

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Atlas Slave Wikipedia