Capodimonte Porcelain -The Deposition (Michelangelo)
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 Limited edition Piece - number: 120out from only 1500 all over the world.
 The multi talented Artist from the house of Capodimonte Italy Depicted Michelangelo Carving his well known statue "The Deposition".
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The Deposition (also called the Florence Pietà , the Pietà del Duomo or The Lamentation over the Dead Christ) is a marble sculpture by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo. The sculpture, on which Michelangelo worked between 1547 and 1555, depicts four figures – the dead body of Jesus Christ, newly taken down from the Cross, Nicodemus (or possibly Joseph of Arimathea), Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary. The sculpture is housed in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence.
Michelangelo's last sculptures were two pietàs (or three assuming the Palestrina Pietà is his work). According to Vasari, Michelangelo made the Florence Pietà to decorate his tomb in Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. After smashing the sculpture, he gave it to his servant Antonio. Later the servant sold the work and the new owner had it reconstructed by Tiberio Calcagni following Michelangelo's models.
The face of Nicodemus under the hood is considered to be a self-portrait of Michelangelo himself. Additionally, the female figure at left was finished by sculptor Tiberio Calcagni. Cacagni was assigned the job after Michelangelo abandoned the sculpture after eight years of tireless work upon discovering an impurity inMeasurements:
In Centimeters:
Width: 48.0 Cm,
Height: 78.5 Cm
, Length:34Cm
In Inches:
Width:
19 In,
Height: 31Â In, Length:13.3 In
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