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Michelangelo Buonarroti was born on 6 March 1475 in Caprese near Florence Italy where his father was the local magistrate.
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The Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo studies as an apprentice to Domenico Ghirlandaio in Florence. Domenico Ghirlandaio, was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Florence.
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Michelangelo's next major commission was the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. It was recognised at once as a great work of art and from then on Michelangelo was regarded as Italy's greatest living artist.
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In 1534, Michelangelo returned to Rome where he was commissioned to paint 'The Last Judgement' on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel.
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Michelangelo died of natural causes at the age of 88 in 1564 after a long illness, having spent his final years working on the design and architecture of St. Peter's Basilica