# Tomb of Julius II \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MONTELUPO, Raffaello da]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Marble, height 209 cm ## Commentary Between 1542 and 1545 Montelupo worked on the over life-size statues of the Virgin and Child, the Prophet and the Sibyl for the upper register of <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/giulio\_2/giulio2.html'\)" href="/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/giulio\_2/giulio2.html">Michelangelo's tomb of Julius II</a> in San Pietro in Vincoli. Possibly, he also worked on Leah and Rachel flanking the statue of Moses. Rachel and Leah represent allegories of the Contemplative Life and the Active Life respectively. The picture shows the statue of Leah. ## Related artworks - [A sheet of studies \(recto\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Archangel Michael]() - [Archangel Michael]() - [Birth of the Virgin]() - [Crucifix]() - [Elijah]() - [Madonna and Child]() - [Medici Madonna, between Sts Cosmas and Damian]() - [St Damian]() - [Statue of St Damian]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()