This casting is a reproduction of a sculpture by Michel Ange Buonarroti exhibited in the Musée du Louvre. Created circa 1513-1514 by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Florence 1475-Rome 1564) - Paris, Musée du Louvre Rmn-GP cast from the original marble - Reduction patinated by hand Gift from Robert Strozzi to the king of France Then given by Henry II to Anne de Montmorency At the Château d'Écouen until 1632, then Collection of the Cardinal de Richelieu, Paris, until 1793, entered the Louvre in 1794 Intended for the tomb of Pope Julius II (1441-1513) but ultimately left unused, the two figures of
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