ASAP Source: "Michelangelo." The National Gallery. 30 May 2005.
http://www. nationalgallery. org. uk/cgi-
bin/WebObjects. dll/Collection Publisher. woa/wa/artistBiography?
artistID=485.
MICHELANGELO
1475 - 1564
Italian, Florentine
A painter, on panel
and in fresco, a
sculptor, architect
and poet,
Michelangelo
Buonarroti was the
first artist
recognized by
contemporaries as
a genius.
Marcello Venusti, 'Portrait of
Michelangelo', 1535.
Florence, Casa Buonarroti.

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