{"product_id":"french-grand-tour-bronze-bust-of-michelangelos-dying-slave","title":"French Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Michelangelo's Dying Slave","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrand Tour bronze bust of Michelangelo's 'Dying Slave'. The bronze showing just the face and shoulders of the full length marble sculpture in the Louvre. The wonderful sculpture of the pathos of imminent death, is also a depiction of the idealized beauty of male youth. Rich, warm patina. French 19th century. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6\" h  x  5\" w  x  3\" d   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Dying Slave (L'Esclave mourant, Lo Schiavo morente) is a sculpture by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo, created between 1513 and 1516. It was intended to accompany another figure, the Rebellious Slave, as part of the design for the tomb of Pope Julius II. The marble figure is 215 centimeters (7 ft 1 in), and is housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1976, the art historian Richard Fly wrote that the sculpture \"suggests that moment when life capitulates before the relentless force of dead matter\". In the 2012 volume The Slave in European Art, Charles Robertson discusses the Dying Slave in the context of actual slavery in Italy during the Renaissance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John J. Gredler Works of Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43248042180726,"sku":null,"price":1185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1678\/5615\/files\/f_49328502_1774200186213_bg_processed.webp?v=1774989197","url":"https:\/\/www.averydash.com\/products\/french-grand-tour-bronze-bust-of-michelangelos-dying-slave","provider":"Avery \u0026 Dash Collections","version":"1.0","type":"link"}