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Michelangelo

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  • Mar 6, 1475

    Birth

    Birth
    Michelangelo is born in Caprese, Italy
  • 1488

    Painting

    Painting
    He quits school and signs up for an apprenticeship as a painter with Domenico Ghirlandaio.
  • 1489

    Sculpture

    Sculpture
    He leaves Ghirlandaio’s workshop and starts to study sculpture in the gardens of Lorenzo de’ Medici.
  • 1497

    Bacchus

    Bacchus
    Michelangelo moves to Rome where he sells his first important work, the Bacchus
  • 1504

    David

    David
    Completed the David and recieved a commission to paint the Battle of Cascina.
  • 1512

    Sistine Chapel

    Sistine Chapel
    Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
  • 1534

    Medici

    Medici
    Finished working mostly for the Medici family in Florence. He designed and carved tombs for the family and also he designed the Medici Chapel.
  • 1545

    Julius ll Tomb

    Julius ll Tomb
    Tomb of Julius II completed and installed in San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome.
  • 1555

    Florentine Pietà

    Florentine Pietà
    Michelangelo completed the Florentine Pietà
  • 1564

    Death

    Death
    Michelangelo dies at home in Macel de'Corvi, Rome