Rothschild bronzes

These magnificent metre-high bronze male nudes astride two ferocious panthers are now on display in the 16th to 18th century Italian Gallery (7) of the Fitzwilliam Museum. A team of international experts led by the University of Cambridge and Fitzwilliam Museum has gathered compelling evidence that argues that these masterpieces, which have spent over a century in relative obscurity, are early works by Michelangelo, made just after he completed the marble David and as he was about to embark on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. If the attribution is correct, they are currently the only surviving Michelangelo bronzes in the world by his hand.

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www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/whatson/exhibitions/article.html?5015

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/se000375?id=EVENT526873