Created 1513–1516 Genre Kinetic art | Location The Louvre | |
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Michelangelo s incredible statue of the dying slave at the louvre paris
The Dying Slave is a sculpture by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo. Created between 1513 and 1516, it was to serve with another figure, the Rebellious Slave, at the tomb of Pope Julius II. It is a marble figure 2.15 metres (7' 4") in height, and is held at the Louvre, Paris.
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- Michelangelo s incredible statue of the dying slave at the louvre paris
- Art analysis dying slave by izabella salazar
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![Dying Slave Slave dying by MICHELANGELO Buonarroti](https://alchetron.com/cdn/dying-slave-2cc27fe4-d082-406f-86e6-8c517e76bf1-resize-750.jpg)
In 1976 the art historian Richard Fly wrote that it "suggests that moment when life capitulates before the relentless force of dead matter". However, in a recent scholarly volume entitled The Slave in European Art, Charles Robertson discusses the Dying Slave in the context of real slavery in Italy during the time of the Renaissance.
![Dying Slave Michelangelo Buonarroti Prigioni Schiavo morente EN Dying slave](https://alchetron.com/cdn/dying-slave-46dbd3d9-7d2a-4dd5-ae77-8044eccab69-resize-750.jpeg)
Twelve reproductions of the Dying Slave adorn the top storey of the 12th arrondissement police station in Paris. Although Art Deco in style, the building was designed in 1991 by architects Manolo Nunez-Yanowski and Miriam Teitelbaum.
![Dying Slave Dying Slave Michelangelo 15131516 Marble Louvre Museum Paris](https://alchetron.com/cdn/dying-slave-2c75c5f5-3c17-457f-a516-1614d9e8389-resize-750.jpeg)
Art analysis dying slave by izabella salazar
![Dying Slave shswstaticcomgifmichelangelosculptures20jpg](https://alchetron.com/cdn/dying-slave-f8659dbb-08cd-4987-9aa9-42ec004cb2e-resize-750.jpeg)
![Dying Slave Dying Slave by Michelangelo Michelangelo Sculptures HowStuffWorks](https://alchetron.com/cdn/dying-slave-a859cd32-1847-4300-b6fe-9ffcea3a987-resize-750.jpeg)
![Dying Slave The Dying Slave Michelangelo VampA Search the Collections](https://alchetron.com/cdn/dying-slave-ecff2849-40a1-4a35-8c2b-925b082618a-resize-750.jpeg)
![Dying Slave The Dying Slave Michelangelo Buonarroti as art print or hand](https://alchetron.com/cdn/dying-slave-a4079643-85e3-4bfa-bf1b-9b24f6170cc-resize-750.jpg)
![Dying Slave File39Dying Slave39 Michelangelo JBU062jpg Wikimedia Commons](https://alchetron.com/cdn/dying-slave-eabfc985-4315-4bb3-a555-e67ac30a1ea-resize-750.jpg)
![Dying Slave The Dying Slave Michelangelo VampA Search the Collections](https://alchetron.com/cdn/dying-slave-90f6338b-0d0d-4f95-8a20-7bb184cce16-resize-750.jpeg)