# Monument of Sixtus IV [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [POLLAIUOLO brothers]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Bronze, length 445 cm ## Commentary The tomb is conceived as a bronze table held up by sloping slabs of bronze tablets, on which are represented female figures. At the top of the table, the bronze effigy of Sixtus IV \(Francesco della Rovere, Julius II's uncle\) reposes with his head wearing a papal tiara lying on two pillows. He holds his hands clasped on his chest, and his feet splay naturally as if he were asleep. There are altogether 17 female bronze figure around Sixtus: 3 Theological Virtues \(Faith, Hope, Charity\); 4 Senecan Virtues \(Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude, Justice\); 10 Liberal Arts, set out in the lower tier below him \(Philosophia, Theologia, Rhetoric, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry, Astrology, Music, Grammar, Perspective\). Sixtus was buried in this tomb, but during the 1527 Sack of Rome, his remains were disturbed by the marauding Spanish troops, and the remains are now buried, along with those of Julius II, in a small floor tomb in front of the Tomb of Clement X at the back of St. Peter's. ## Related artworks - [Altarpiece of the Sts Vincent, James, and Eustace]() - [Angel \(detail\)]() - [Apollo and Daphne]() - [Battle of Ten Nudes]() - [Battle of Ten Nudes]() - [Battle of Ten Nudes]() - [Bust of a Young Warrior]() - [David Victorious]() - [Hercules and Antaeus]() - [Hercules and Antaeus]() - [Hercules and Antaeus]() - [Hercules and Antaeus]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()