# The Young Michelangelo

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ZOCCHI, Emilio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zocchi-emilio-r1325c2f07590a8>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Marble, height 60 cm

## Commentary

The statue shows the boy Michelangelo chiseling the faun&#39;s head in the art school of the Medici gardens at San Marco in Florence.

## Related artworks

- [Michelangelo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zocchi-emilio-r1325c2f07590a8/michelangelo-r08b9162e10f762>)
- [Young Christopher Columbus Gazing Out at Sea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zocchi-emilio-r1325c2f07590a8/young-christopher-columbus-gazing-out-at-sea-r9d46aa57dd500e>)
- [Young Peasant Couple](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zocchi-emilio-r1325c2f07590a8/young-peasant-couple-r5d71ffa59fcb22>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)