Saint Proculus (Michelangelo)

{{Short description|Sculpture by Michelangelo}}

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{{Infobox artwork

| title=Saint Proculus

| artist=Michelangelo

| image_file=Autori vari, arca di san domenico, protettori di bologna, 02 procolo di michelangelo, 1494.jpg

| image_upright=1

| year=1494–1495

| medium=Marble

| height_metric=58.5

| museum=San Domenico

| city=Bologna

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The statue of Saint Proculus (or Saint Proclus; 1494–1495) was created by Michelangelo out of marble. Its height is 58.5 cm. It is situated in the Basilica of San Domenico, Bologna. Its subject is Saint Proculus, a martyr of Bologna.

Michelangelo may have been influenced by Niccolò dell'Arca's statue of Saint Vitalis, and possibly also by the work of Ercole de' Roberti and Francesco del Cossa. The statue of Saint Proculus shares much in composition with Michelangelo's later ''David.{{cite journal |last1=Longsworth |first1=Ellen L. |title=Michelangelo and the Eye of the Beholder: The Early Bologna Sculptures |journal=Artibus et Historiae |date=2002 |volume=23 |issue=46 |doi=10.2307/1483698 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1483698 |access-date=8 February 2024 |issn=0391-9064}}{{cite journal |last1=Dunkelman |first1=Martha |title=What Michelangelo Learned in Bologna |journal=Artibus et Historiae |date=2014 |volume=35 |issue=69 |pages=110 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24595735 |access-date=8 February 2024 |issn=0391-9064}}