From the power of this portion of the work we may assume that it is the damaged and much restored original by Michael Angelo.
[Image #38] THE HEAD OF THE DAWN THE NEW SACRISTY, SAN LORENZO, FLORENCE (_By permission of the Fratelli Alinari, Florence_) Vasari informs us that about this time "he began a statue, of three cubits, in marble.

It was an Apollo drawing a shaft from his quiver.

This he nearly finished.

It stands now in the chamber of the Prince of Florence, a thing of rare beauty, though not quite completed." This work was presented by the artist to Baccio Valori, the powerful agent of the Medici.

It is now in one of the upper rooms of the Bargello, in Florence.
The rough hatchings of the chisel lines are everywhere visible; the figure is palpitating with life under a veil of hewn marble; the pose of the young god as he glides along and turns his head over his shoulder is one of the most beautiful and graceful Michael Angelo ever imagined.