Michelangelo was one of the most famous artists during the Italian Renaissance. He was a sculptor, a painter, an architect, and painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling, which is one of the most famous intramurals in the world. He was the second born of five sons, and was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Italy with his parents Leonardo di Buonarrota Simoni and Francesca Neri.
At the age of thirteen, Michelangelo apprenticed for Domenico Ghirlandaio, the city’s most influential painter at the time, but…
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