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Michelangelo's Life

By Jessecumbia
  • Period: Jan 1, 1330 to Jan 1, 1550

    Italian Renaissance

    Italian Renaissance
  • Period: Jan 1, 1434 to

    Medici Rule

  • Mar 6, 1475

    Birth

    Michalengelo born in Caprese.
  • Period: Mar 6, 1475 to Feb 18, 1564

    Michelangelo's Life

    Michelangelo's Life
  • Aug 9, 1481

    Death of Mother

    Death of Francesca di Neri del Miniato di Siena (Michelangelo's mother) when he was six.
  • Jan 1, 1485

    Michelangelo attended school

    Michelangelo started to attend attended school. He was taught by humanist Francesco da Urbino untill.
  • Aug 9, 1487

    Apprenticeship to Domenico Ghirlandaio

    Michelangelo became an apprentice tp the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio
  • Period: Jan 1, 1490 to Jan 1, 1492

    Worked in the Medici household

    Worked in the Medici household
  • Period: Jan 1, 1494 to Jan 1, 1495

    Worked in Bologna

    1494-95 Worked in Bologna
  • Dec 1, 1495

    Returned to Florence

    Returned to Florence, carved the Sleeping Cupid and St. John the Babptist.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1496 to Jan 1, 1501

    Carved the Bacchus and the Rome Pietà

    Moved to Rome. Carved the Bacchus and the Rome Pietà
  • Jan 1, 1501

    Returned to Florence

    Returned to Florence. Contracted to carve figures for the Piccolomini altar and received the commission to carve the David
  • Jan 1, 1504

    Completed the David

    Completed the David. Received commission to paint the Battle of Cascina
  • Jan 1, 1505

    Summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II

    Summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II; commissioned to create the tomb for the pope. Spent eight months in the quarries of Carrara selecting marble for the tomb
  • Period: Jan 1, 1505 to Jan 1, 1545

    Michelangelo worked on the tomb of Julius II

    Michelangelo worked on the tomb of Julius II on and off, in both Rome and Florence, carved Moses, the Rebellious and Dying Slaves, Rachel, and Leah. Was never fully paid, so the tomb was never completed.
  • Apr 1, 1506

    Returned to Florence

    1506 Returned to Florence (April). Michelangelo and Pope Julius II reconciled in Bologna (November)
  • Period: Jan 1, 1508 to Jan 1, 1512

    Painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

    1508-1512 In Rome painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (finished October 1512)
  • Feb 1, 1508

    ummoned to Rome by Pope Julius II to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

    Returned to Florence (February). Summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II and asked to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
  • Period: Jan 1, 1515 to Jan 1, 1534

    Working for the Medici Family in Florence

    Spent these years working mostly for the Medici family in Florence. He designed and carved tombs for the family Designed the Medici Chapel
  • Jan 1, 1524

    Commissioned to design the Laurentian Library

    Commissioned to design the Laurentian Library at San Lorenzo
  • Jan 1, 1532

    Visited Rome

    1532 Visited Rome, met Tommaso de'Cavalieri and presented him with gifts of drawings and poems. Signed new contract for the tomb of Pope Julius II
  • Period: Jan 1, 1536 to Jan 1, 1541

    Painting the Last Judgement

    Painting the Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel. Completed and unveiled in 1541
  • Jan 1, 1545

    Completed Tomb of Julius II

    Tomb of Julius II completed and installed in San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome. Still working on the Pauline Chapel frescoes (to 1550)
  • Jan 1, 1546

    ichelangelo appointed chief architect at St Peter's

    1546 Michelangelo appointed chief architect at St Peter's and the Farnese Palace
  • Jan 1, 1555

    Michelangelo completed the Florentine Pietà

    Michelangelo completed the Florentine Pietà.
  • Feb 18, 1564

    Death

    Michelangelo dies at home in Macel de'Corvi, Rome