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Mar 6, 1475
Date of birth
Born in Caprese, Republic of Florence -
1488
Apprenticed to Domenico Ghirlandaio
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1490
Studied scupture at Medici Garden in Florence
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1496
Moved to Rome
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1499
Completed Pieta
A marble sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Jesus, located in St. Peter's Basilica -
1504
Returned to Florence and created David
One of his most famous works, representing the biblical hero. -
1505
Commissioned by Pope to paine the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican city
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1534
Settled permanently in Rome
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1541
Painted The last judgement
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1546
Appointed chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica
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1564
Died in Rome at the age of 88