MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
(b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma)

Allegorical figure

c 1530
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Casa Buonarroti, Florence

One of the drawings which Vasari referred to as "The Divine Heads". Michelangelo painted portraits of women as well as men, though in both cases his models were chosen among his "garzoni" (boys).