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Michelangelo's Slaves
Art Investigation series
The "Art Investigation" series sets out to solve the mystery of nine works of art in the Musée du Louvre. In what context and circumstances were they made? Who shaped their destinies? How did they come into being… and how did they arrive at the Louvre?
Author(s): Françoise Docquiert
Director(s): Vincent Manniez
Scientific advisor(s): Jean-René Gaborit
Genre
Documentary
Copyright
2006
Length
26 minutes
Producer(s)
Patrick de Carolis, Éclectic Production, avec la participation de France 5, Musée du Louvre
Commercial distribution
Éclectic Production
Pope Julius II invited Michelangelo to Rome in 1505, intending to commission a number of works from the great artist—such as the construction of the papal tomb, which was to be adorned with some forty marble sculptures. This is how the two famous Slaves first came into being; this film recounts their extraordinary story.