 The work, according to Michelangelo's letters and other documents, was one of the first works begun for the decoration of the "Sagrestia Vecchia" (Old Sacristy), as early as 1521.In 1526 it was still incomplete and in 1534, when Michelangelo moved to Rome, it was left in the current unfinished state and moved to the current location by Niccolò Tribolo.The "Medici Madonna" depicts a scene of the infant Jesus Christ sitting in the lap of the Virgin Mary and facing away from the viewer.