“Eu vi um anjo no mármore” – Michelangelo
“Eu vi um anjo no mármore e esculpi até libertá-lo”.
(Michelangelo Buonarroti. Cf. J. Patrick Lewis. Michelangelo’s World. Mankato, Minnesota [USA]: The Creative Company, 2007, p. 7. E-book aqui. “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” )
Angel with Candlestick 1494–1495, Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian High Renaissance/Mannerist Painter and Sculptor , c. 1475-1564), Marble Sculpture, 52 cm, San Domenico, Bologna, Italy