Head of a Faun explained

Head of a Faun
Artist:Michelangelo
Image Upright:1
Year:c. 1489
Type:Marble
Followed By:Madonna of the Stairs

Head of a Faun is a lost sculpture by Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo, dating from c. 1489. His first known work of sculpture in marble, it was sculpted when he was 15 or 16 as a copy of an antique work with some minor alterations. According to Giorgio Vasari's biography of the artist, it was the creation of this work that secured the young Michelangelo the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici.

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