Michelangelo's Aurora

Aurora, a bust, after the sculpture by Michelangelo. 

One of a pair of figures that was commissioned by Pope Julius II to adorn his tomb. 

Unfortunately, due to the pope’s untimely death the tomb was never completed. 

Circa 1513.

Artist: Michelangelo

Museum: Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon, France

Time Period: Renaissance.

Size.

52 cm tall.

25 cm wide.

24 cm deep.