# Michelangelo's most celebrated works

Michelangelo Buonarroti's sculptures and frescoes that appear in every ranking of his most important works.

- 7 votes · 16 items
- Apr 26, 2026 · pellicola
- https://even.best/en/l/2186/michelangelo-s-most-celebrated-works

## Top 16

1. **David** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1501-1504, from a single block of Carrara marble. Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence.
2. **Vatican Pietà** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1497-1499. The only work he ever signed, in St Peter's.
3. **Doni Tondo** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — c. 1505-1507. The Holy Family, his only certain panel painting. Uffizi.
4. **Rondanini Pietà** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Worked on until days before his death in 1564. Castello Sforzesco, Milan.
5. **Dying Slave** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1513-1516, made for the tomb of Julius II. Louvre.
6. **Sistine Chapel ceiling** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1508-1512. The Genesis scenes, including the Creation of Adam.
7. **The Last Judgment** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1536-1541. The huge fresco on the Sistine altar wall.
8. **Moses** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — c. 1513-1515, for the tomb of Julius II. San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome.
9. **Rebellious Slave** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1513-1516, the companion piece, also in the Louvre.
10. **Madonna of Bruges** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1501-1504. One of the few works to leave Italy in his lifetime.
11. **Bacchus** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1496-1497. His first large statue, drunk and swaying. Bargello.
12. **The Medici Tombs (Night, Day, Dawn, Dusk)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1520-1534, New Sacristy of San Lorenzo, Florence.
13. **Florentine Pietà** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — c. 1547-1555. Old Nicodemus is said to bear the artist's face.
14. **Madonna of the Stairs** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — c. 1490. An early relief, Casa Buonarroti.
15. **Battle of the Centaurs** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — c. 1492. His other teenage relief, already full of straining bodies.
16. **Dome of St Peter's** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Designed from 1547 and completed after his death.

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