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Holroyd, Charles, 1861-1917

"Michael Angelo Buonarroti"

" The list of works of art found in the house is very small. They
were:
A blocked-out statue of Saint Peter.
An unfinished Christ with another figure.
A statuette of Christ with the Cross, like the Risen Christ in Santa Maria
Sopra Minerva; and
Ten original drawings, one, a Pieta, belonged to Tommaso dei Cavalieri.
A little design for the facade of a palace.
A design for a window in the Church of Saint Peters.
An old plan of the Church of Saint Peter's, said to be after the model of
San Gallo, on several pieces of paper glued together.
A drawing of three small figures.
Architectural drawings for a window and other details.
A large cartoon for a Pieta, with nine figures, unfinished.
Another large cartoon, with three large figures and two putti.
Another large cartoon, with one large figure only.
Another large cartoon, with the figures of our Lord Jesus Christ and the
glorious Virgin Mary, His mother.
Another, the Epiphany.
This last drawing was presented to the notary who drew up the will, and is
supposed to be the cartoon now in the British Museum; all the others went
to Lionardo Buonarroti. Lionardo arrived three days after the death. The
body was deposited upon a catafalque in the Church of the Santissimi
Apostoli, where the funeral was celebrated by all the artists and
Florentines in Rome. In fulfilment of the wish of Michael Angelo, repeated
two days before his death, Lionardo made arrangements for the removal of
his uncle's remains to Florence.


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