Painter, sculptor and architect of Florence, 1475 - 1564

	"Michelangelo sent his assistant, Pietro Urbino of Pistoia, to Rome to carry to completion a very fine figure of the naked Christ bearing the cross, which was placed beside the principal chapel of Santa Maria sopra Minerva." I-367 Christ carrying the cross
	"Soon afterwards there took place the sack of Rome and the expulsion of the Medici from Florence; and with the change of government it ws decided to rebuild the city's fortifications and to appoint Michelangelo as Commissary General in charge of the work." I-367 Study for the fortification of Florence
	"Meanwhile, he continued the work in the sacristy of San Lorenzo, in which there were seven statues which were left partly finished...Among them is the figure of Our Lady, seated with her right leg crossed over the left and one knee placed on the other, while the Child, with his thighs astride the leg that is uppermost, turns looking for his mother's milk." I-368 Medici Madonna, New Sacristy
	"Although this statue remains unfinished, having been roughed out and left showing the marks of the chisel, in the imperfect block one can recognise the perfection of the completed work." I-368 Medici Madonna (detail)
	"Michelangelo's ideas for the tombs of Duke Giuliano and Duke Lorenzo de' Medici caused even more astonished admiration; for he resolved that their sepulchres should have around and above them four statues. So to one tomb he gave Night and Day, and to the other Dawn and Evening." I-368 Tomb of Duke Giuliano
	Night
	Day
	Tomb of Duke Lorenzo
	Dusk
	Dawn
	"Then among the other statues are the two captains in armour; one , the pensive Duke Lorenzo, the embodiment of wisdom, with legs so finely wrought that nothing could be better;" I-368 Lorenzo de' Medici
	"...the other, Duke Giuliano, a proud figure with every detail made with inspired craftsmanship." I-368 Giuliano de' Medici