Palazzo Medici-Riccardi Windows by Michelangelo

For Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Michelangelo created one of the most influential window designs of all time. It is known as a kneeling window because of the shape of the consoles supporting the window­sill, which reach almost to the ground like a pair of legs.

Michelangelo was for a while under the patronage of the Medicis. One of his major works for them was the Medici Chapel, which he started work on just a few years after the windows of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi. Go to the next page to learn more.

To learn more about Michelangelo, art history, and other famous artists, see:

• Michelangelo
• Vincent van Gogh
• Claude Monet
• Impressionism
• How Art Works