The Christ of Minerva is a marble statue (h. 205 cm) by Michelangelo Buonarroti, made in 1519-1520 approximately and now preserved in the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. In 1514 Michelangelo, although he was bound by an exclusive contract with the Della Rovere heirs to work on the tomb of Julius II, did not refuse lucrative private commissions, such as the one received from Bernando Cencio, canon of St. Peter's in the Vatican, Mario Scappucci, Pietro Paolo Castellano and Metello Vari for a resurrected Christ, to be placed in the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva.
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