The facade of the duomo of florenceone of the most beautiful cathedral exteriors in all of europe is arguably that of the duomo of florence, santa maria del fiore. Cattedrale di santa maria del fiore [katteˈdraːle di ˈsanta maˈriːa del ˈfjoːre]), is the. Michelangelo's commission for apostle statues for the cathedral of florence
While michelangelo was busy with the colossal sculpture of david, on april 24, 1503 the opera del duomo commissioned another important work: The execution of 12 marble apostles to. Michelangelo also used carrara marble for his statues.
It is the most famous marble in the world. Who, visiting our huge cathedral, has never laid eyes on the much larger than life marble sculptures, depicting apostles and prophets, within impressive aedicules in marble. Twelve small white marble statues, depicting eleven apostles and an announced virgin mary or an angel (replacing a twelfth apostle today in ferrara), come from the pinnacles of the. Prato is a city just a few kilometres from florence.