Michelangelo (1475 - 1564)
Michelangelo's David
September 13th 1501: Michelangelo begins on ‘David’
On this day in 1501, Italian sculptor Michelangelo began work on his statue of David. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born in 1475, and at a young age was apprenticed to a notable painter in Florence. He ingratiated himself with the prominent Florentine Medici family, known for their support of the arts, eventually living in the household of patriarch Lorenzo de’ Medici. Michelangelo then traveled Italy, living in Bologna and Rome, all the while perfecting his sculpture work. His ‘Pietà’ in 1497 cemented his fame, and when back in Florence in the first years of the sixteenth-century he produced his masterpiece - ‘David’. Florence’s rulers requested Michelangelo create a statue of the biblical hero portraying him as a symbol of Florentine freedom. Michelangelo crafted the statue out of marble, and spent two years working on the large statue, which was unveiled in September 1504. Between 1508 and 1512 Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, which catapulted him to fame as one of Italy’s most renowned artists. Michelangelo’s ‘David’ is on display in The Gallery of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, where the iconic statue attracts thousands of visitors.
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