TAL536, --6” TAL537, --10”

As sure as the sun rises and sets, these two lovers will be partners for all eternity. These two marble sculptures (1519-1534) are allegorical representations of Night as a woman and Day as a man, created by Michelangelo for the Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici--the leader of one of the most powerful banking families in Florence during the Renaissance. As Night at left prepares to rest, Day at right in counterpoise prepares to get up--thus continuing the calendar’s eternal cycle. Made from bonded white carrara marble, black marble base, imported from Italy,

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