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Michaelangelo

  • Michaelangelo's Birthday
    Mar 6, 1475

    Michaelangelo's Birthday

    Michaelangelo was born on March 6, 1475 Caprese, Republic of Florence, Italy.
  • Michaelangelo's mother pass away
    1481

    Michaelangelo's mother pass away

    Michaelengelo's mother passes away, although there was no record of her, they say that she was weak and frail before that and wasn't even able to milk him when he was born. She tragically dies in the winter due to a fever as she was sick before that already.
  • Michaelangelo became an apprentice
    Jan 1, 1488

    Michaelangelo became an apprentice

    At the age of 13 Michaelangelo decided to become an apprentice, although his father told him not to. Apprenticed to Domenico Ghirlandaio who was a talented painter.
  • Hired to sculpt St. Dominic
    Jan 1, 1494

    Hired to sculpt St. Dominic

    Michaelangelo's worked in bologna got hired to sculpt the St. Dominic. This event in result made him work for about 1 year.
  • Returned to Florence
    Jan 1, 1498

    Returned to Florence

    Michaelangelo's returned to Florence for better opportunity to work, carved St. John the Baptist, sleeping cupid, one of his most famous work pieta and has very own first and still standing today sculpture, the Bacchus.
  • The 'David'
    Jan 1, 1501

    The 'David'

    MIchaelangelo accepted the challenge, and sculpted "David" it took MIchaelangelo over 3 years to accomplish the sculpture.
  • The Holy Family
    Jan 1, 1506

    The Holy Family

    MIchaelangelo created the famous Holy Family, it took him over 2 years and is considered a master piece in in the XVI century in Italian art.
  • The Sistine Chapel
    Jan 1, 1508

    The Sistine Chapel

    Michaelenelo spent 4 years in Rome painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (finished October 1512)
  • Michaelengelo returns to Rome
    Jan 1, 1534

    Michaelengelo returns to Rome

    Michaelangelo returned to Rome to paint "The Last Judgement" on the altar of the Sistine Chapel.
  • Death
    Feb 18, 1564

    Death

    Michaelangelo died in Rome in the year 1564, February 18th, the cause of his death being a slow fever.