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Michelangelo: Night
Michelangelo: Night Night, marble sculpture from the tomb of Giuliano de' Medici by Michelangelo, 1520–34; in the Medici Chapel, San Lorenzo, Florence.

The sculpture titled "Night" is part of Michelangelo's work on the Medici Chapel tombs in Florence. Created between 1520 and 1534, it is one of four allegorical figures representing the passage of time. "Night" is depicted as a sleeping female figure, sculpted with a posture that suggests stressful dreams, contrasting with the more tranquil "Day" and the striving "Dawn" and "Dusk". These figures, along with the effigies of the Medici dukes, symbolize the relentless flow of time and its connection to mortality, reflecting Michelangelo's sentiments about the political instability of the era.12

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