Crouching Boy

Sculpture by Michelangelo

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)

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. Sculpted between 1530 and 1533, it was originally intended for the tomb of the Medici family in Florence.^[1] Consistent with Michelangelo's use of the human figure in his memorials, scholars have speculated that the crouched boy might have served as an allegory of mourning or eternal youth.

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.

References

^ "Michelangelo - Crouching Boy". saint-petersburg.guide. Archived from the original on 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2019-12-28.

External links

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

Michelangelo

List of works
✻ attributed
†lost

Sculptures

Florence, c. 1488–1492	Head of a Faun† Madonna of the Stairs Battle of the Centaurs Crucifix
Bologna, 1494–1495	Additions to the Arca di San Domenico St Petronius St Proclus Angel
Rome, 1496–1500	Sleeping Cupid† Bacchus Standing Cupid† Pietà
Florence, 1501–1505	David Madonna of Bruges Additions to the Piccolomini Altarpiece Saints Peter, Paul, Pius and Gregory Pitti Tondo Taddei Tondo St. Matthew Rothschild Bronzes
Tomb of Julius II, 1505–1545	Moses Rebellious Slave Dying Slave Young Slave Bearded Slave Atlas Slave Awakening Slave The Genius of Victory Rachel Leah
Florence, 1516–1534	Christ Carrying the Cross Medici Chapel Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours Night Day Dusk Dawn Medici Madonna Apollo Crouching Boy
Rome, 1534–1564	Brutus Florentine Pietà Palestrina Pietà ✻ Rondanini Pietà

Paintings

Panel paintings	The Torment of Saint Anthony Manchester Madonna The Entombment Doni Tondo Leda and the Swan†
Salone dei Cinquecento	Battle of Cascina†
Sistine Chapel (ceiling gallery)	Ceiling Separation of Light from Darkness The Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Plants The Creation of Adam Prophet Daniel Prophet Isaiah Prophet Jeremiah Prophet Joel Prophet Jonah The Last Judgment
Pauline Chapel	The Crucifixion of St. Peter The Conversion of Saul

Architecture

Florence	New Sacristy and Laurentian Library in the Basilica of San Lorenzo
Rome	Capitoline Museums Piazza del Campidoglio Palazzo Farnese St. Peter's Basilica Tor San Michele ✻ San Giovanni dei Fiorentini Porta Pia Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri

Works on paper, milieu, etc.

Works on paper	Study of a Kneeling Nude Girl for The Entombment Male Back with a Flag Studies for the Libyan Sibyl The Punishment of Tityus Pietà for Vittoria Colonna Epifania
Milieu	Cecchino dei Bracci Tommaso dei Cavalieri Vittoria Colonna Ascanio Condivi Gherardo Perini Sebastiano del Piombo Febo di Poggio Luigi del Riccio
Related	Art patronage of Julius II Casa Buonarroti Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects Michelangelo and the Medici Replicas of David Replicas of the Pietà Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950 documentary) The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961 novel, 1965 film) A Season of Giants (1990 TV film) Michelangelo (crater) Michelangelo quadrangle