Brutus

Michelangelo, 1538, Bargello National Museum

‘Brutus’ is a work by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italy, 1475–1564). It is dated 1538. It is part of the collection Bargello National Museum. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

It was commissioned by Niccolò Ridolfi. It is made of marble. It is 74 cm high. The work belongs to the genre bust. The things depicted include Marcus Junius Brutus and man.

The catalogue has 104 more works by Michelangelo Buonarroti.

• The Renaissance