Chapter Three - Private
Michelangelo, Vittoria Colonna, and Meditation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 July 2023
Summary
Michelangelo and Vittoria Colonna met sometime in the mid- to late 1530s when he was working on the Last Judgment and she was residing in a convent in Rome.1 Colonna and Michelangelo were friends who visited each other regularly, wrote often, and exchanged poems and drawings for almost a decade.2 The relationship between the two was rich, complex, long lasting, and deeply spiritual. This friendship also occasioned the creation of some remarkable works of art. It was for Colonna that Michelangelo produced drawings depicting the Pietà, the Crucifixion, and the Samaritan Woman, the last of which is now known only through printed copies.
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- Michelangelo's Art of Devotion in the Age of Reform , pp. 88 - 121Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023