Despite its small size, this sculpture creates an impression of monumentality, unity and inner force. The image of the crouching boy is suffused with sorrow, a mood which suggest that this sole work by Michelangelo in the Hermitage was intended for the Medici Chapel in the Church of San Lorenzo, Florence.
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Crouching Boy
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height: 54,0 cm
Acquisition date:
Entered the Hermitage in 1851; transferred from the Academy of Fine Arts
Inventory Number:
Н.ск-154
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