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Holy Family, known as the “Doni Tondo”
Artist: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Chiusi della Verna 1475 – Roma 1564)
Name: Holy Family, known as the “Doni Tondo”
Medium: Oil and tempera on panel
Size: 120 cm diameter
Date: 1506-1506
Location: Italy, Florence, Uffizi, Hall 35 – Michelangelo & the Florentines
Remarks: The only painting by Michelangelo in Florence and is considered one of the masterpieces of the XVI century Italian art, designed by Michelangelo himself - John the Baptist in the foreground and contains five ambiguous nude males. Has carved wooden frame carved by Francesco del Tasso. It shows the head of Christ and those of four prophets, surrounded by grotesques and racemes, in which there are half-moons, hidden in the top left section: the emblem of the Strozzi family. *Excerpt from Uffizi website.*
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