Where can you see Michelangelo in Florence?

At the Accademia Gallery: David and The Prisoners. At the Medici Chapels: The tombs of the New Sacristy. At the Uffizi Gallery: The Doni Tondo. At the Bargello National Museum: Bacchus. At the Opera del Duomo Museum: The Pietà of the Duomo. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Michelangelo's most famous work in Florence?

David, of 1501 to 1504, at the Accademia Gallery. 5.17 metres of marble, carved from a block two sculptors had given up on, and set in front of the Palazzo Vecchio as the emblem of the republic. It has stood in the Accademia since 1873.

When and where was Michelangelo born?

On 6 March 1475, at Caprese, Italy. Michelangelo died on 18 February 1564, at Rome, Italy, aged about 89.

What is Michelangelo known for?

Carved the David between 1501 and 1504, when he was in his twenties. Designed the New Sacristy of San Lorenzo, its tombs and its statues. Is buried in Santa Croce, in a tomb designed by Vasari. Michelangelo was an Italian painter and sculptor, of the High Renaissance.

Painter and sculptor, 1475 to 1564

Michelangelo

Michelangelo grew up in Florence, was taken into the Medici household at fifteen, and is buried in Santa Croce. No other city lets you follow him from a boy's first carving to the Pietà he made for his own grave.

Born: 1475, Caprese, Italy
Died: 1564, Rome, Italy
Movement: High Renaissance
In Florence: 6 works in 5 museums

Where to see Michelangelo in Florence

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Accademia Gallery2 works

David
1501 to 1504
5.17 metres of marble, carved from a block two sculptors had given up on, and set in front of the Palazzo Vecchio as the emblem of the republic. It has stood in the Accademia since 1873.
The Prisoners
about 1525 to 1530
Four figures begun for the tomb of Pope Julius II and left half in the stone. They line the hall that leads to the David.

Medici Chapels1 work

The tombs of the New Sacristy
1520 to 1534
Two Medici dukes seated above the figures of Night and Day, Dawn and Dusk, in a room whose every moulding he designed. He left for Rome before it was finished.

Uffizi Gallery1 work

The Doni Tondo
about 1507
The Holy Family in a round frame, twisted together like a carved group, in sharp clear colour. It is his only finished painting on panel.

Bargello National Museum1 work

Bacchus
1496 to 1497
The god of wine, drunk and unsteady, with a small satyr stealing his grapes. He carved it in Rome at twenty-one. The Bargello also has his Pitti Tondo and his Brutus.

Opera del Duomo Museum1 work

The Pietà of the Duomo
about 1547 to 1555
Made in his seventies for his own tomb. He broke it in a rage and gave it away. The old man holding up the body of Christ is thought to be a portrait of himself.

The life of Michelangelo

Michelangelo was born at Caprese in 1475 and brought up in Florence. Lorenzo the Magnificent noticed the boy and took him into his palace, where he lived for two years among the family's collection of ancient sculpture.

He worked in Florence in three spells: as a young man, when he carved the David; from 1516 to 1534, on the church of San Lorenzo for the Medici popes; and never again after that, though he lived another thirty years in Rome. His body was brought back in secret after his death in 1564.

What to know

Carved the David between 1501 and 1504, when he was in his twenties
Designed the New Sacristy of San Lorenzo, its tombs and its statues
Is buried in Santa Croce, in a tomb designed by Vasari

Born: 6 March 1475, Caprese, Italy
Died: 18 February 1564, Rome, Italy

Michelangelo: common questions

Where can you see Michelangelo in Florence?: At the Accademia Gallery: David and The Prisoners. At the Medici Chapels: The tombs of the New Sacristy. At the Uffizi Gallery: The Doni Tondo. At the Bargello National Museum: Bacchus. At the Opera del Duomo Museum: The Pietà of the Duomo. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Michelangelo's most famous work in Florence?: David, of 1501 to 1504, at the Accademia Gallery. 5.17 metres of marble, carved from a block two sculptors had given up on, and set in front of the Palazzo Vecchio as the emblem of the republic. It has stood in the Accademia since 1873.
When and where was Michelangelo born?: On 6 March 1475, at Caprese, Italy. Michelangelo died on 18 February 1564, at Rome, Italy, aged about 89.
What is Michelangelo known for?: Carved the David between 1501 and 1504, when he was in his twenties. Designed the New Sacristy of San Lorenzo, its tombs and its statues. Is buried in Santa Croce, in a tomb designed by Vasari. Michelangelo was an Italian painter and sculptor, of the High Renaissance.