Michelangelo's masterpieces from the Medici Chapel in a new perspective

About the photographs

In the middle of the Second World War, Friedrich Kriegbaum took the opportunity to protect these unique sculptures from imminent danger of air raids and documented their securing. These photographs are as found in Kriegbaum‘s estate.

The Madonna

Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564) sculpted the decoration of the Medici Chapel – including this figure – between 1524 and 1533. To protect them, they were dismantled in 1941. The displacement permitted spectacular shots of the unfinished piece from very unusual perspectives.

Front view of the Madonna from the left

View to the right side of the sculpture

View of the roughly worked marble on the back of the sculpture