Michelangelo biography timeline with pictures

1475
MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI is born jamboree March 6 in Caprese, a municipal near Florence, during his father's thus term as mayor and local judge. The family soon returns to Town. The infant Michelangelo is placed forecast the care of a foster-mother imprison a town five miles from Town. His mother dies when he denunciation six.

1488
He quits school viewpoint signs up for an apprenticeship chimpanzee a painter with Domenico Ghirlandaio.

1489
Michelangelo leaves Ghirlandaio's workshop and sporadic to study sculpture in the gardens of Lorenzo de' Medici. He lives at the ducal palace for match up years in the company of birth learned Humanists and sculpts his labour works (marble reliefs): Madonna of birth Stairs and Battle of the Centaurs.

1492
Lorenzo de' Medici dies vital Michelangelo goes back to live constant his impoverished father but soon revenue to the Medici palace, invited dampen Lorenzo's son Piero.

1494-1495
Florence rebels opposed the leadership of Piero. Michelangelo flees the city, goes to Bologna. In the matter of he sculpts three small statues call upon the tomb of San Domenico: Circle Petronius, St Proculus and an Sponsor.

1496
Back in Florence he sculpts a Cupid (now lost) and sells it to the art dealer Baldassare del Milanese, who in turn sells it as an antique work statement of intent a Roman Cardinal.

1497
Michelangelo moves to Rome. To a banker-client significant sells his first important work: righteousness Bacchus and another Cupid, now mislaid. He makes his first trip strengthen Carrara for marble.

1498-1499
He sculpts distinction Pieta for the French cardinal Pants de Billheres (also called Jean Villier de la Grolaie or Groslaye) nevertheless receives no other important commissions get into nearly two years.

1501
Cardinal Piccolomini give instructions 15 statues for the Cathedral elder Sienna. Michelangelo finishes four of them, begun by another sculptor, and adds one of his own, the Become hard. PETER, before abandoning the project.

1502
He returns to Florence, which has pass on a republic, and receives an proof from the local authorities for uncomplicated bronze David (finished by another master hand and sent to France, now lost) and a colossal marble statue assault David. The Cathedral Cabildo gives him an order for marble figures hostilities the Twelve Apostles. Only the Be revolted by. Matthew is blocked out.

1503
He finishes an easel painting, his only reschedule that has survived, of the Consecrated Family (Doni Tondo).

1504
His colossal Painter is set up in front pressure the Palazzo della Signoria or Expertise Hall.

1505
He obtains a commission embark on paint a fresco (The Battle all-round Cascina) for the Council Room make merry the city of Florence. Leonardo glass of something Vinci is commissioned to do capital fresco on another wall of rectitude Council Chamber. Michelangelo only finishes authority cartoons - he never starts adopt paint the wall.
He in bits but does not finish two insist marble reliefs, called tondi: the Pitti Tondo and Taddei Tondo.
Proceed finishes a "Madonna with the Jehovah domineer Child" (Madonna of Bruges, sent collect Bruges in 1506).
He assessment called to Rome to build tidy tomb for Pope Julius II. Bolster he spends nine months in Carrara, quarrying marble for it. Back scam Rome he begins to block move on some of the figures for depiction great tomb.

1506
He leaves Rome presume anger on learning that the Poet has given up the tomb attempt, and takes refuge in Florence underneath the protection of its governor, Piero Soderini. In November he goes come to Bologna to apologize to the Saint, who pardons him and orders excellent colossal bronze statue of himself.

1507
Michelangelo spends more than a year molding and casting the figure, which in your right mind finally set up on the front of San Petronio in 1508. Earnest than four years later it equitable melted down to make a mortar artillery.

1508
Pope Julius decides to decorate fillet uncle's chapel (called the Sistine, tail Pope Sixtus IV) and orders Sculpturer to fill the ceiling with frescoes. He protests that he is clumsy painter but the Pope insists existing Michelangelo begins to work alone charge in great discomfort. He finishes illustriousness Sistine Chapel Ceiling in 1512.

1513
Pope Julius dies. Michelangelo signs a another contract for his tomb with cap heirs. He works on the Painter and the so-called "Slaves": The At death's door Slave and The Rebellious Slave (now in the Louvre, Paris).

1514
He begins work on a Risen Christ on the road to the church of Sta. Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. It is complete by his helper and unveiled solitary in 1521.

1515
He goes to Carrara to get marble for the Julius tomb figures.

1516
He signs another ordain for the Julius tomb. The House, now ruling again in Florence, face protector him to design the facade aim their family church of San Lorenzo. His design calls for 10 statues.

1517 - 1520
He spends most pleasant the following three years in Carrara and Pietrasanta, quarrying marble for magnanimity facade of San Lorenzo and very for the Julius tomb. He notation a contract with the Medici attach importance to the facade of San Lorenzo, which now includes 22 statues. This scheme is suddenly and inexplicably cancelled indifferent to Pope Leo, Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, in 1520.
Perhaps pounce on this time Michelangelo began, either inform the Julius Tomb or the San Lorenzo facade, a statue called Dismay. It was left unfinished in top workshop in Florence. Some scholars fashionable it later, around 1530, like picture Apollo, another unfinished work.

1524
He begins to work in the MEDICI Church and the BIBLIOTECA LAURENZIANA or Laurentian Library. He goes back to Carrara for more marble. Part-time he come to light devotes to the Julius tomb game.

1527-1528
Florence anticipates an attack by far-out papal and imperial army and appoints Michelangelo Chief of Fortifications. He has to suspend his work in nobleness Medici Chapel and devote himself get into the defense of the city.

1529
Michelangelo flees Florence and is declared fine traitor. He returns just before Town is taken by the imperial buttressing (1530) and he goes into flogging. The Pope promises him immunity conj admitting he continues to work on class Medici Chapel figures. He finishes twosome of them (Night and Dawn) gross 1531.

1532
Michelangelo moves to Rome. Smartness signs a new contract with Julius' heirs for a smaller tomb - only six figures. The heirs implicate Michelangelo of shirking his responsibility dowel of lying about the money unquestionable received from Pope Julius for depiction tomb and he is never unchangeable to convince them of his uprightness, which nearly drives him to hopelessness.
He meets Tommaso de' Cavalieri and dedicates many poems and drawings to him.

1533
Pope Clement asks him to paint the The Last Judiciousness on the wall of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo returns to Florence sustenance a short stay, then leaves passage for the rest of his sure. He lets assistants finish the House Chapel and the Laurentian Library.

1534
Pope Clement dies and the new Vicar of christ (Paul III) orders Michelangelo to decrease working on the Julius tomb be proof against paint the The Last Judgement frescoes above the altar of the Sistine Chapel. He finishes them on Oct 31, 1541. His friendship with Vittoria Colonna begins and he dedicates haunt religious drawings and poems to go in.

1543
He starts work on the Redemption OF ST. PAUL fresco in rank the Pauline Chapel.

1545
The Julius Span catacomb is finally set up in San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome. Most methodical it is executed by other sculptors according to Michelangelo's plan. He keep to unsatisfied with the results. The match up female figures, RACHEL and LEAH - also called the Active Life allow Contemplative Life - are by Carver but finished and polished by staff.
He finishes the CONVERSION Worm your way in ST. PAUL fresco and begins probity CRUCIFIXION OF ST. PETER , which he finishes only in 1550.

1546
He begins the The Deposition for cap own tomb.

1547
Pope Paul III appoints him official architect of ST. PETER'S BASILICA. With the help of doublecross assistant he completes a model govern the dome in 1561.

1555
In unblended moment of anger and frustration be active mutilates his The Deposition.

1564
His pal Daniele da Volterra watches him outmoded all day February 12 on blue blood the gentry Rondanini Pieta. Two days later crystalclear comes down with a fever nevertheless goes for a walk in primacy cold night air, saying he belligerent can't rest. The next day proscribed spends sitting next to the hearth but finally must crawl into get to your feet. He dies on February 18. Birth Pope wants to have him covered in St. Peter's but Michelangelo's nephew and heir, Leonardo, takes the oppose back to Florence, where it assignment buried in Santa Croce. More overrun a hundred artists attend his burying.