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MICHAEL ANGELO (Buonarotti), who in an age when Christian art had reached its zenith, stood almost unrivalled as a painter, sculptor, and architect, was born in 1474 at Chiusi, in Italy. He was of noble origin, having descended on his mother's side from the ancient family of Canossa, in Tuscany, while the Buonarotti had long been associated with places of trust in the Florentine Republic. Michael Angelo learned the rudiments of painting from Bertoldo, pupil of Domenico Ghirlandaio; and later was received into the palace of the Medici, where he spent several years. His earliest original works were a Kneeling Angel, executed for the grave of St. Dominic, at Bologna; the Statues of Bacchus and David at Florence, and a magnificent group representing the Mater Doloroso, which was placed in St. Peter's at Rome. Read More