Head of a faun

In Casa Buonarroti this sculpure of Cesare Zocchi is The Boy Michelangelo carving the head of the Faun

Head of a Faun was Michelangelo's first known work, age 13 and a copy of an antique work with some minor alterations. The sculpure is lost.

Story

Replica of "Michelangelo as a Youth Carving the Face of a Faun". The original stay in Casa Buonarroti

When the visiting benefactor, Lorenzo the Magnificent saw his work in the garden of San Marco^[1], he was very impressed, however it is said he pointed out that the teeth were all there, and that as it was an old faun that seemed unlikely. Michaelangelo was said to have quickly chipped out one of the front teeth and hollowed a cavity in the gum and on Lorenzo's return he was so impressed he offered to become the young Michelangelo's benefactor.^[2] The work was lost and no trace of it exists.

Notes

Sources

• 'Artists Life - Michaelengelo' page 14,15 - Enrica Crispino, 2001 Giunti Editore
• 'The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti' page 23 - John Addington Symonds, BiblioBazaar

External links

• The Boy Michelangelo carving the head of the Faun - Sculputure of Cesare Zocchi (end of nineteenth century). It is in Casa Buonarroti

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