The ''Dying Slave'' (, ) is a sculpture by the

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Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6March 147518February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspir ...

, created between 1513 and 1516. It was intended to accompany another figure, the '' Rebellious Slave'', as part of the design for the tomb of Pope Julius II. The marble figure is , and is housed in the

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in Paris. In 1976, the art historian Richard Fly wrote that the sculpture "suggests that moment when life capitulates before the relentless force of dead matter". In the 2012 volume ''The Slave in European Art'', Charles Robertson discusses the ''Dying Slave'' in the context of actual

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during the Renaissance. Fourteen reproductions of the ''Dying Slave'' adorn the top storey of the police station in Paris's 12th arrondissement. The building, although

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in style, was designed in 1991 by architects and Miriam Teitelbaum.

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collection database {{Michelangelo, sculpture Tomb of Pope Julius II Sculptures in the Louvre by Italian artists 1510s sculptures Marble sculptures in France Sculptures by Michelangelo Nude sculptures in France Sculptures of slaves Nude sculptures of men

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