Michelangelo Buonarroti. The San Giovannino of Ubeda

Back visible to the public after the serious damage reported during the Spanish Civil War, which resulted in the reduction in number of pieces, a masterpiece of Florentine sculpture of the late fifteenth century. The extensive restoration performed by Opificio delle Pietre Dure was supported by three-dimensional digital scanning methodologies. The virtual model constructed on the basis of old photographs made ??it possible to reconstruct the many, but not complete, surviving fragments of sculpture, determining the exact position in the collection.
 Recent studies conducted by Francesco Caglioti, confirm the name of Michelangelo Buonarroti as the author of fine marble.
The statue is in fact to be identified with that performed between 1495 and 1496 for Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de ' Medici , as reported by the first biography of Michelangelo written by Ascanio Share under the direct supervision of the teacher and taken up by Giorgio Vasari in the second edition of the Lives (1568) .
 Government in possession of Cosimo I de ' Medici, these, in 1537, gave it to Francisco de los Cobos as a sign of gratitude for the political support that the powerful Secretary of the Emperor Charles V had assured him in his bid to conquer the Government Florentine State.
 The Andalusian gentleman destined to adorn the famous sculpture of his funerary chapel of the Saviour of Úbeda where he will return at the end of the exposure of Venice.

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