Saturday, December 5, 2009

‘The Young Archer’ sculpture is from Michelangelo?

November 6, 2009 by All Art  
Filed under Sculpture & Decorative Arts

The object in question is “Young Archer,” a life-size marble carving of a naked boy that might or might not be the earliest known work by Michelangelo. It is now on display at the Metropolitan Museum in the bright and airy Vélez Blanco Patio, where viewers are invited to decide for themselves what to believe.
As is widely known by now, the boy with the missing arms and feet was displayed for many years in the rotunda of the Fifth Avenue [...]