Born in Caprese in 1475 he starts, still a child, in Ghirlandaio’s workshop in Florence, where antique sculpture soon becomes a passion; noticed by Lorenzo de' Medici he is introduced to "court" which surrounds him, from that moment young Michelangelo will become – and will be for his whole life -  a "protégé" of the Medici.

He leaves Florence for the first time in 1494 and he goes to Bologna where he sculpts a bas-relief for the Duomo in San Petronio, later he moves to Rome where he "gives life" to the famous "Pietà Vaticana".

At the beginning of the 16th century he is once more in Florence, and in those years he creates some of his masterpieces: "Tondo Doni" – shown at the Galleria degli Uffizi" -, "Tondo Pitti" – which can be seen at the Bargello Museum-, the marble "David" at the entrance to Palazzo Vecchio.

Pope Giulio II gives him the task of making the Papal funeral monument, Michelangelo designs a classic mausoleum and chooses his marbles in Carrara with extreme care but, returned to Rome, he is disappointed by the Pontiff who enthusiastically devotes himself to Bramante’s design for San Peter.

In 1508 he obtains from the Pope a prestigious commission: the pictorial decoration of the Sistine Chapel, a work he will complete over four years, representing the highest artistic expression of the Renaissance’s ideals, five hundred square meters of true emotion.

In the architectonic field he tackles the mending of the Piazza del Campidoglio and the making of the San Peter’s Chapel.
In the years between 1547 and 1555, he sculpts famous "Pietà", "Duomo di Firenze", which can be seen at Museo dell'Opera of the Duomo, "Rondanini" in the Castello Sforzesco in Milan.

Michelangelo Buonarroti dies in Rome, the 18th February 1564.