Bronze Aurora, a bust, after the sculpture by Michelangelo.

A marble head of Michelangelo's Aurora, with bronze layered surface, on a leaded socle.

One of a pair of figures that was commissioned by Pope Julius II. 

Circa 1513.

Artist: Michelangelo.

Museum: Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon, France.

Time Period: Renaissance.

Size.

52 cm tall.

25 cm wide.

24 cm deep.

Weight.

16 kg.