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Crouching Boy is a sculpture of the Renaissance Italian painter and sculptor Michelangelo, preserved today at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. It is the only work by Michelangelo in the Hermitage. It was originally intended for the tomb of the Medici family in Florence.[1]

Crouching Boy
Italian: Ragazzo accovacciato
Artist	Michelangelo
Year	c. 1530 - 1534
Type	Marble
Dimensions	54 cm (21 in)
Location	Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Preceded by	Apollo (Michelangelo)
Followed by	Risen Christ (Michelangelo, Santa Maria sopra Minerva)

Description

The Crouching Boy is a 54 cm marble sculpture and shows a boy, naked and turned in on himself, perhaps pulling a thorn from his foot. Even though the statue is not well finished, facial features, hair and body shapes are easily recognizable.

See also

• List of works by Michelangelo
• Non finito

References

External links

• Crouching Boy page on the Hermitage Museum website
• Media related to Michelangelo's Crouching Boy at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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- [en] Crouching Boy

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[es] Joven en cuclillas

El Joven en cuclillas es una escultura de Miguel Ángel, que se encuentra en el Museo del Hermitage en San Petersburgo (Rusia).

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[it] Ragazzo accovacciato

Il Ragazzo accovacciato (o Giovane accosciato) è una scultura marmorea (h. 54 cm) attribuita a Michelangelo Buonarroti, databile al 1524 circa e custodita nel Museo dell'Ermitage di San Pietroburgo.

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[ru] Скорчившийся мальчик

«Скорчившийся мальчик» — единственная скульптура Микеланджело Буонарроти в России. Находится на постоянной экспозиции в Государственном Эрмитаже в Санкт-Петербурге. Изготовлена из мрамора в 1530—1534 годах, высота — 54 см.

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