The exquisite carving of the other figure's neckline shows the quality of the marble used but was never repeated in the artist's later sculptures.
Later works of this type exhibited the artists' skill at proportion by depicting the male subject at the feet of the female. In the most prominent example, the body of one figure appears to be asleep rather than dead, with its relaxed limbs and head falling back limply. The exquisite carving of the other figure's neckline shows the quality of the marble used but was never repeated in the artist's later sculptures. For 10 points, name this Michelangelo sculpture, the only one he ever signed, consisting of a dead Christ on the lap of the Virgin Mary.
Later works of this type exhibited the artists' skill at proportion by depicting the male subject at the feet of the female.
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