Saint Damian by Rafaello da Montelupo

Saint Damian by Rafaello da Montelupo

The sepulcher for Lorenzo the Magnificent (died 1492) and his brother Giuliano (killed during the Pazzi conspiracy in 1478) in the New Sacristy of San Lorenzo in Florence is adorned by a Madonna and Child by Michelangelo. The intended more elaborate tombs were never created. Vasari placed statues of the Medici patron saints on either side in 1554: on the left Saint Cosmas by Giovan Angelo da Montorsoli and on the right Saint Damian by Rafaello da Montelupo. Both sculptors were pupils of Michelangelo.