The Madonna and Child painting created by Michelangelo

The Madonna and Child painting created by Michelangelo

Michelangelo Bonaroti's painting of the Virgin Mary, created around 1547-1555. The Cathedral Opera House Museum in Florence, Italy. This painting of the Virgin Mary is Michelangelo's penultimate sculpture. In 1555, the elderly Michelangelo destroyed this sculpture after discovering a defect in the marble. In 1671, Cosimo III de 'Medici purchased the reconstructed sculpture and placed it in the basement of San Lorenzo Cathedral. In 1722, it was transferred to the Florence Cathedral.