Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

1508-1512

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

David

1504

Marble

434 cms | 170 ^3/4 ins

Galleria dell'Accademia Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Madonna and Child

1501-1505

Marble

128 cms | 50 ^1/4 ins

Church of Our Lady, Bruges Bruges | Belgium

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Tomb of Pope Julius II: Moses

1545

Marble

Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli Rome | Italy

Pietà

Pieta

1499

Marble

174 x 195 cms | 68 ^1/2 x 76 ^3/4 ins

St. Peter's Basilica Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Dying Slave

c. 1513

Marble

229 cms | 90 ins

Musee du Louvre Paris | France

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Slave (rebelling)

c. 1513

Marble

229 cms | 90 ins

Musee du Louvre Paris | France

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

St Matthew

1503

Marble

271 cms | 106 ^1/2 ins

Galleria dell'Accademia Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Victory

1532-1534

Marble

261 cms | 102 ^3/4 ins

Palazzo Vecchio Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

DavidApollo

1530

Marble

146 cms | 57 ^1/4 ins

The Bargello Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Rebellious Slave

c. 1513

Marble

229 cms | 90 ins

Musee du Louvre Paris | France

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Bacchus

1497

Marble

203 cms | 79 ^3/4 ins

The Bargello Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

The Last Judgement

1541

Fresco

1370 x 1220 cms | 539 ^1/4 x 480 ^1/4 ins

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Matyrdom of Saint Peter

1550

Fresco

625 x 662 cms | 246 x 260 ^1/2 ins

Cappella Paolina, Palazzi Pontifici Roma | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

The Sibyl of Cumae

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Sybils: Erithraea

1508-1512

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Ignudi, next to Separation of Land and the Persian Sybil [left]

1508-1512

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Ignudi, next to Separation of Land and the Persian Sybil [right]

1508-1512

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

The Separation of the Waters

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Genesis, The Creation of Adam [Adam's face]

1508-1512

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Genesis, The Fall and Expulsion from Paradise - The Original Sin

1508-1512

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Lunette XI ­ Jesse, David and Solomon, Sistine Chapel

1511

Fresco

215 x 430 cms | 84 ^1/2 x 169 ^1/4 ins

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

The Creation of Man

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

The Creation of the Sun

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Genesis, Noah 7-9: The Flood, left view

1508-1512

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel ­ bay 4

1508-1512

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel ­ bay 9

1508-1512

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel [detail]

1508-1512

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

The Entombment

Christ being carried to his Tomb

1510

Tempera on wood

159 x 149 cms | 62 ^1/2 x 58 ^1/2 ins

National Gallery London | United Kingdom

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel [detail]

1508-1512

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Aeneas and a Child (recto)

Pencil on paper

10 x 7.6 cms | 3 ^3/4 x 2 ^3/4 ins

Courtauld Institute Galleries Strand | United Kingdom

Aeneas and a Child (verso)

Pen and ink on paper

10 x 7.6 cms | 3 ^3/4 x 2 ^3/4 ins

Courtauld Institute Galleries Strand | United Kingdom

Draped Figure of Christ – Two Studies of a Left Hand, One Showing Part of the Forearm

Black chalk on paper

26.7 x 16.5 cms | 10 ^1/2 x 6 ^1/4 ins

Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge | United Kingdom

Two Studies of a Male Nude, Two Studies of a Left Hand, an Architectural Detail

Black chalk on paper

26.7 x 16.5 cms | 10 ^1/2 x 6 ^1/4 ins

Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge | United Kingdom

The Manchester Madonna

The Virgin and Child with Saint John and Angels

1497

Tempera on wood

104.5 x 77 cms | 41 x 30 ^1/4 ins

National Gallery London | United Kingdom

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel [detail]

1508-1512

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Figure Study (verso)

c. 1516

Pen & ink & red chalk on paper

21 x 28.2 cms | 8 ^1/4 x 11 ins

Courtauld Institute Galleries Strand | United Kingdom

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel ­ bay 1

1508-1512

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Noah's Drunkenness

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

The Fall of Adam and Eve

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

The Creation of Eve

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

The Erithrean Sibyl

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Lunette and Popes, Sistine Chapel

1483-1512

Fresco

Cappella Sistina Vatican | Holy See (Vatican City State)

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Madonna of the Stairs

1490-1492

Marble

55.5 x 40 cms | 21 ^3/4 x 15 ^1/2 ins

Casa Buonarroti Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Crouching Boy

1530-1533

Marble

54 cms | 21 ^1/4 ins

Hermitage St Petersburg | Russian Federation

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Young Archer

Marble

Tomb of Lorenzo de Medici

1524-1531

Marble

630 x 420 cms | 248 x 165 ^1/4 ins

Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici: Lorenzo de' Medici

1524-1531

Marble

Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Tomb of Pope Julius II: Leah

Marble

Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici: Giuliano de' Medici

1526-1533

Marble

229 cms | 90 ins

Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici: Night

1526-1533

Marble

194 cms | 76 ^1/4 ins

Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici: Day

1526-1533

Marble

185 cms | 72 ^3/4 ins

Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici: Twilight

1524-1531

Marble

195 cms | 76 ^3/4 ins

Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici: Dawn

1524-1531

Marble

203 cms | 79 ^3/4 ins

Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Tomb of Giuliano de Medici

1526-1533

Marble

630 x 420 cms | 248 x 165 ^1/4 ins

Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Palestrina Pietà

Marble

253 cms | 99 ^1/2 ins

Galleria dell'Accademia Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Madonna (Tondo Pitti)

1504-1505

Marble

128 x 82 cms | 50 ^1/4 x 32 ^1/4 ins

The Bargello Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Madonna and Child with the Infant Baptist

1505-1506

Marble

82.5 x 82.5 cms | 32 ^1/4 x 32 ^1/4 ins

Royal Academy of Arts London | United Kingdom

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs

c. 1492

Marble

84.5 x 90.5 cms | 33 ^1/4 x 35 ^1/2 ins

Casa Buonarroti Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Pius

1504

Marble

134 cms | 52 ^3/4 ins

Siena Cathedral Siena | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Saint Paul

1504

Marble

127 cms | 50 ins

Siena Cathedral Siena | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Saint Peter

1504

Marble

Siena Cathedral Siena | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Rondanini Pietà

1552-1564

Marble

195 cms | 76 ^3/4 ins

Castello Sforzesco Milan | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Medici Madonna

1521-1531

Marble

226 cms | 88 ^3/4 ins

Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Slave (bearded)

1519-1536

Marble

248 cms | 97 ^1/2 ins

Galleria dell'Accademia Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Awakening Slave

1519-1536

Marble

208 cms | 81 ^3/4 ins

Galleria dell'Accademia Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Slave (young)

1519-1536

Marble

235 cms | 92 ^1/2 ins

Galleria dell'Accademia Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Samson and Two Philistines

c. 1530-c. 1550

Bronze

37.7 cms | 14 ^3/4 ins

The Bargello Florence | Italy

Christ Carrying the Cross

c. 1521

Marble

205 cms | 80 ^1/2 ins

Santa Maria sopra Minerva Rome | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Brutus

1540

Marble

95 cms | 37 ^1/4 ins

The Bargello Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Tomb of Pope Julius II

1545

Marble

Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli Rome | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Saint Proculus

1494

Marble

58.5 cms | 23 ins

Basilica of San Domenico Bologna | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Tomb of Pope Julius II: Rachel

1545

Marble

Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli Rome | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

St Petronius

1494

Marble

64 cms | 25 ins

Basilica of San Domenico Bologna | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Male Nude Study

Red chalk

Private collection

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Crucifix

c. 1492

Polychrome wood

142 x 135 cms | 55 ^3/4 x 53 ins

Casa Buonarroti Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Angel with Candlestick

1494-1495

Marble

51.5 cms | 20 ^1/4 ins

Basilica of San Domenico Bologna | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Study for Haman

1508-1512

Red chalk

Public collection

Various studies including a tracing from the other side of the sheet

1500-1506

Pen and ink

39.9 x 21 cms | 15 ^1/2 x 8 ^1/4 ins

Musee du Louvre Paris | France

The Risen Christ

1533

Black chalk

36.7 x 22 cms | 14 ^1/4 x 8 ^1/2 ins

Royal Collection, Windsor Castle London | United Kingdom

Male nude, study for the Battle of Cascina

1503

Pen and ink

37.5 x 23 cms | 14 ^3/4 x 9 ins

British Museum London | United Kingdom

Study for an arm of the marble David and the figure of the bronze David

1501-1503

Pen and ink

26.5 x 18.8 cms | 10 ^1/4 x 7 ^1/4 ins

Musee du Louvre Paris | France

Study for a Holy Family with the Infant St.John

1533-1534

Black chalk

31.7 x 19.1 cms | 12 ^1/4 x 7 ^1/2 ins

British Museum London | United Kingdom

Study for a risen Christ

1533

Black chalk

41.4 x 27.2 cms | 16 ^1/4 x 10 ^1/2 ins

British Museum London | United Kingdom

Studies for Pieta or The Last Judgement

1525-1535

Black chalk

39.8 x 28.2 cms | 15 ^1/2 x 11 ins

Casa Buonarroti Florence | Italy

Study for an ignudo

Red chalk

27.9 x 21.4 cms | 10 ^3/4 x 8 ^1/4 ins

Teylers Museum Haarlem | Netherlands

The Dream of Human Life

c. 1533-1534

Black chalk on laid paper

39.8 x 27.8 cms | 15 ^1/2 x 10 ^3/4 ins

Courtauld Institute Galleries Strand | United Kingdom

Battle of Cascina: Study for a figure

1504-1505

Pen and brush in black

42 x 28 cms | 16 ^1/2 x 11 ins

British Museum London | United Kingdom

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Study for Christ on the cross with Mourners

1546-1548

Black chalk

British Museum London | United Kingdom

Resurrection of Christ

1532-1533

Black chalk

32.6 x 28.6 cms | 12 ^3/4 x 11 ^1/4 ins

British Museum London | United Kingdom

Design for a statue of Henry II of France on horseback

c. 1559-c. 1580

Black and white chalk

13 x 12 cms | 5 x 4 ^1/2 ins

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam | Netherlands

Study for a Resurrection of Christ

1532-1533

Red chalk

15.5 x 17.1 cms | 6 x 6 ^1/2 ins

Musee du Louvre Paris | France

Fall of Phaeton

c. 1533

Black chalk

41.3 x 23.4 cms | 16 ^1/4 x 9 ins

Royal Collection, Windsor Castle London | United Kingdom

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

St Anne with the Virgin and the Christ Child

c. 1505

Pen

25.4 x 17.7 cms | 10 x 6 ^3/4 ins

Ashmolean Museum Oxford | United Kingdom

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Study for a Christ on the Cross

1546-1558

Black chalk

27.8 x 23.4 cms | 10 ^3/4 x 9 ins

Ashmolean Museum Oxford | United Kingdom

The Rape of Ganymede

c. 1533

Black chalk

19 x 33 cms | 7 ^1/4 x 12 ^3/4 ins

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Cambridge | United States

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Archers shooting at a Herm

1530-1533

Red chalk

Royal Collection, Windsor Castle London | United Kingdom

Madonna, Child and St John

1520-1530

Chalk on paper

British Museum London | United Kingdom

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Crucifix

c. 1556

Black chalk and white lead on

41.2 x 27.9 cms | 16 x 10 ^3/4 ins

British Museum London | United Kingdom

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Satyr's Head

Brown ink

28 x 21 cms | 11 x 8 ^1/4 ins

Musee du Louvre Paris | France

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

The Damned Soul

c. 1525

Black ink

35.7 x 25.1 cms | 14 x 9 ^3/4 ins

The Uffizi Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Pietà

Pieta

c. 1519-c. 1520

Drawing

Musee du Louvre Paris | France

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Study of a Nude Man

Black chalk

Musee du Louvre Paris | France

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Male nude; arm; bearded man

1504

Pen and ink

34 x 16.8 cms | 13 ^1/4 x 6 ^1/2 ins

Musee du Louvre Paris | France

Madonna and Child with St John

Chalk on paper

Musee du Louvre Paris | France

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Cleopatra

1533-1534

Drawing

35.5 x 25 cms | 13 ^3/4 x 9 ^3/4 ins

The Uffizi Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Studies of Grotesques

c. 1530

Drawing

25.5 x 35 cms | 10 x 13 ^3/4 ins

British Museum London | United Kingdom

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Nude Woman on her Knees

Black chalk

Musee du Louvre Paris | France

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Study for the Colonna Pietà

c. 1538

Chalk on paper

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston | United States

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Allegorical figure

c. 1530

Drawing

Casa Buonarroti Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Study of a Seated Woman

Black chalk

Musée Condé Chantilly | France

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Portrait of Vittoria Colonna

1540-1550

Chalk on paper

33 x 19 cms | 12 ^3/4 x 7 ^1/4 ins

British Museum London | United Kingdom

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Christ on the Cross

c. 1541

Drawing

37 x 27 cms | 14 ^1/2 x 10 ^1/2 ins

British Museum London | United Kingdom

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Back View of a Woman

Black chalk

Musee du Louvre Paris | France

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Tityus

c. 1533

Black chalk

19 x 33 cms | 7 ^1/4 x 12 ^3/4 ins

Royal Collection, Windsor Castle London | United Kingdom

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Battle of Cascina (part)

c. 1505

Cartoon

Public collection

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Project for St. Peters' in Rome

1547

Engraving

Private collection

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Model of the dome

1560

Wood

The Vatican Museums Rome | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Hercules and Cacus

16

Bronze

48.9 x 21.6 x 16.5 cms | 19 ^1/4 x 8 ^1/2 x 6 ^1/4 ins

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

Samson and the Philistines

c. 1550

Bronze

37.8 x 18.1 x 15.9 cms | 14 ^3/4 x 7 x 6 ^1/4 ins

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

Christ Crucified Between the Two Thieves

16-17

Bronze

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

Plan for a Church

c. 1560

Ink on paper

Casa Buonarroti Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Study for the Porta Pia

c. 1561

Chalk and ink on paper

44.2 x 28.1 cms | 17 ^1/4 x 11 ins

Casa Buonarroti Florence | Italy

Credit: Web Gallery of Art

Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso)

c. 1510-1511

Red chalk, with small accents of white chalk on the left shoulder of the figure in the main study (recto); soft black chalk, or less probably charcoal (verso)

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

Study of Figures from Michelangelo's Last Judgment, Sistine Chapel

c. 1540-1550

Red chalk

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

Design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II della Rovere

1505-6

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over stylus ruling and leadpoint

Metropolitan Museum of Art Manhattan | United States

Christ before Pilate (or Saint Lawrence before the Emperor) (recto)

c. 1516

Pen & ink & red chalk on paper

21 x 28.2 cms | 8 ^1/4 x 11 ins

Courtauld Institute Galleries Strand | United Kingdom