Michelangelo Buonarroti, Twilight (reduced version of figure from the tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, San Lorenzo, Florence), 1524-1531.
Plaster cast. 620 mm x 570 mm x 350 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Paul Highnam.
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After Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)
RA Collection: Art
620 mm x 570 mm x 350 mm
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