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Buonarroti's career as a courtier took a turn for the worse when the Grand Duchess Christina of Lorraine took offense at salacious language in Fiera (1619). In 1623 he dedicated the publication of verse by the Elder Michelangelo to his friend Maffeo Barberini, newly installed as Pope Urban VIII , and sought patronage from other members of the ...
Tommaso dei Cavalieri (c. 1509 —1587) was an Italian nobleman, who was the object of the greatest expression of Michelangelo's love. [3] [4] Michelangelo was 57 years old when he met Cavalieri in 1532.
From a letter written by Tommaso Cavalieri to Cosimo I de' Medici, on 20 January 1562, accompanying the gift of two drawings (one of which was the Old Woman Studying the Alphabet and Laughing Girl by Sofonisba Anguissola and the other was Cleopatra di Michelangelo Buonarroti), we know that Child Bitten by A Lobster was made on the suggestion of ...
Casa Buonarroti is a museum in Florence, Italy that is situated on property owned by the sculptor Michelangelo that he left to his nephew, Leonardo Buonarroti. The complex of buildings was converted into a museum dedicated to the artist by his great nephew, Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger .
The series features actor Charles Dance as the artist Michelangelo. The script uses language taken directly from Michelangelo’s correspondence. Dance's part in the series was filmed in Islington, London. [2] [3] [4] The series has contributions from contemporary artists such as Antony Gormley, Alison Lapper, and David LaChapelle as well as ...
It was commissioned by Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger (1568–1646) as part of a series of paintings to glorify the life of his great uncle, Michelangelo Buonarroti. The painting depicts "Inclination," or inborn creative ability, one of the "eight Personifications" attributed to the Renaissance master. [2]
The Sleeping Cupid was a significant work in establishing the reputation of the young Michelangelo, who was 21 at the time. [7] The sculpture was later donated by Cesare Borgia to Isabella d'Este , and was probably collected by Charles I of England when all the Gonzaga collections were bought and taken to London in the seventeenth century.
Crouching Boy is a sculpture of the Renaissance Italian painter and sculptor Michelangelo, preserved today at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. It is the only work by Michelangelo in the Hermitage. Sculpted between 1530 and 1533, it was originally intended for the tomb of the Medici family in Florence. [1]