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Henri Jean (Ocala, Florida)
December 3, 2013

Florence, Italy - Page 2

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The Medici Chapels (actually there are two of them) were built as a personal sepulcher of the Medici family right in the basilica of San Lorenzo, the one considered by the Medici as their private church and located in front of the residential palace. The chapels were built as extensions to Brunelleschi's 15th-century church, with the purpose of celebrating the Medici family, one of the most powerful and influential families in Florence between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries. No less than three Popes were members of the Medici family, as well as several of Florence's rulers, and members of English and French Royalty.

The work on the Medici chapels started in March 1520 by Michelangelo. In 1527, work on the Medici Chapel was halted—Florence revolted against the Medici family, and Pope Clement fled. Michelangelo was the principle designer of fortifications and defensive structures erected at this time.

The rule of the Medicis was re-established in 1530, and Michelangelo then returned to work on the chapels until 1534. Having been called upon by Pope Clement VII to paint The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo did not remain long enough to complete the work he had begun in the Medici Chapel, and at least one piece of sculpture, depicting the Madonna, remained incomplete.

After Michelangelo left Florence to go to Rome in 1534 the work was completed in 1546 by Giorgio Vasari but the sculpture of the Madonna remains incomplete.


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