# Model for the façade of San Lorenzo, Florence [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MICHELANGELO Buonarroti]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Wood, 210 x 280 cm ## Commentary Michelangelo reappeared in Florence in 1516 to carry out an important commission, Pope Leo X's project for a façade for San Lorenzo in Florence. He worked for three years on plans for the façade, which he intended, in his own words, to be a mirror of architecture and sculpture of all Italy." However, in March 1520 the contract for the façade was annulled to Michelangelo's indignation. Although we know too little about the final projected appearance of the façade, the wooden model built to Michelangelo's specifications survives. ## Related artworks - [A Man Lifting a Boar onto his Shoulder \(verso\)]() - [Abraham - Isaac - Jacob - Judah]() - [Achim - Eliud \(detail\)]() - [Achim - Eliud \(detail\)]() - [Achim - Eliud]() - [Aeneas with a Boy \(recto\)]() - [Allegorical figure]() - [Amminadab \(detail\)]() - [Amminadab \(detail\)]() - [Amminadab]() - [Ancestors of Christ: figures \(detail\)]() - [Ancestors of Christ: figures \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()