Michelangelo Buonarroti

Born: 1475
Died: 18 February 1564
Biography
Renaissance sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and architect.
 
Works of Art: 8
Books: 38
Archives: 60
Works by

The Virgin and Child with...   
The Virgin and Child with...
ca. 1504-05
Michelangelo Buonarroti
  
Works after

Judith and Holofernes   
Judith and Holofernes
after 1544
Giulio Bonasone
  

Moses   
Moses
Jacob Matham
  

Bruges Madonna   
Bruges Madonna
ca. 1505
Michelangelo Buonarroti
  

Twilight (reduced version of figure...   
Twilight (reduced version of figure...
1524-1531
Michelangelo Buonarroti
  

Figure of Christ from Michelangelo's...   
Figure of Christ from Michelangelo's...
Unknown maker
  
Works associated with

  

1868-1870
Adolphe Braun
  

Leda and the swan   
Leda and the swan
1530s
Rosso Fiorentino
  

Clément, Charles   Michelangelo by Charles Clement. - London 1880.   
11/4055   
Campanari, Domenico, marchese   Ritratto Di Vittoria Colonna Marchesana di Pescara Dipinto Da Michel' Angelo Buonarroti Illustrato E Posseduto Da Domenico Campanari Traslatato Da Henrietta Bowles. - - In Londra [1850]   
07/3177   
Agrippa, Camillo   Di. M. Camillo Agrippa Trattato Di Scienza D'Arme. Et Un Dialogo In Detta Materia. - In Venetia [1568]   
07/2701   
Freart, Roland, Sieur de Chambray   An Idea Of the Perfection Of Painting: Demonstrated From the Principles of Art, and by Examples conformable to the Observations, which Pliny and Quintilian have made upon the most celebrated Pieces of the Antient Painters, Parallel'd with some Works of the most famous Modern Painters, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Julio Romano, and N. Poussin. - Written in French By Roland Freart, Sieur de Cambray, And rendred English By J.E. Esquire, Fellow of the Royal Society. - - [London:] 1668.   
07/2020   
Harford, John Scandrett, the younger   The Life Of Michael Angelo Buonarroti; With Translations Of Many Of His Poems and Letters. Also, Memoirs Of Savonarola, Raphael, And Vittoria Colonna. By John S. Harford, Esq. D.C.L., F.R.S. Member Of The Academy Of Painting Of St. Luke, At Rome, And Of The Roman Archæological Society. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. (II.) - London: 1857. The right of translation is reserved.   
07/192   
Landon, Charles Paul   Vies Et Œuvres Des Peintres Les Plus Célèbres De Toutes Les Ecoles; Recueil Classique, Contenant L'Œuvre complète des Peintres du premier rang, et leurs Portraits; les principales Productions des Artistes de 2e et 3e classes; un Abrégé de la Vie des Peintres Grecs, et un choix des plus belles Peintures antiques; Reduit Et Gravé Au Trait, D'Après les Estampes de la Bibliothèque impériale et des plus riches Collections particulières; Publié Par P.C. Landon, Peintre, ancien Pensionnaire du Gouvernement à l'Ecole Française des Beaux-Arts à Rome, Membre de plusieurs Sociétés Littéraires, Éditeur des Annales du Musée. - A Paris 1813.   
06/5874   
Facsimiles Of Original Studies By Michael Angelo, In The University Galleries, Oxford. Etched By Joseph Fisher.   - London: 1865.   
06/5852   
[Facsimiles of Original Drawings of the Frescoes by Michael Angelo on the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel] (Engraved ... by J. Linnell .)   - (London Feb. 1. 1833 (-1835).)   
06/5081   
A Critical Account Of The Drawings By Michel Angelo And Raffaello In The University Galleries, Oxford By J.C. Robinson, F.S.A. Honorary Member of the Academies of the Fine Arts of St. Luke in Rome, Florence, Bologna, and Lisbon; Formerly Superintendent of the Art Collections and Art Referee of the South Kensington Museum. By Authority Of The Curators Of The University Galleries   - Oxford [1870]   
06/4056   
Grimm, Herman Friedrich   Life Of Michael Angelo By Herman Grimm Translated With The Author's Sanction By Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett Translator Of Gervinus' Shakespeare Commentaries, And Author Of 'Louise Juliane, Electress Palatine, And Her Times,' Etc. With Photographic Portrait. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. (II.) - London: 1865. [This Work is Copyright.]   
06/3898   
Quatremère de Quincy, Antoine-Chrysostome   Histoire De La Vie Et Des Ouvrages De Michel-Ange Bonarroti, Ornée D'Un Portrait. Par M. Quatremere De Quincy, De L'Institut Royal De France (Académie Des Inscriptions Et Belles-Lettres), Secrétaire Perpétuel De L'Académie Royale Des Beaux-Arts. - Paris [1835]   
06/3736   
Michelangelo Buonarroti   Le Rime Di Michelagnolo Buonarroti Pittore, Scultore, Architetto E Poeta Fiorentino Testo Di Lingua Italiana. - 1817.   
06/3732   
Ciampi, Sebastiano   Lettera Di Sebastiano Ciampi A Lorenzo Bartolini Celebratissimo Statuario - - Firenze 1834   
06/3657   
Michelangelo Buonarroti   Lettera Di Michelangiolo Bonarroti Per Giustificarsi Contro Le Calunnie Degli Emuli E De'Nemici Suoi Sul Proposito Del Sepolcro Di Papa Giulio II Trovata E Pubblicata Con Illustrazioni da Sebastiano Ciampi - - Firenze 1834   
06/3650   
Rio, Alexis-François   Michel-Ange Et Raphaël Avec Un Supplément Sur la Décadence De L'École Romaine Par A.-F. Rio. - Paris, Fribourg-En-Brisgau, M.B. Herder, Libraire - 1867 Tous droits réservés   
06/3649   
Ricci, Corrado   Corrado Ricci. - Michel-Ange Traduit De L'Italien Par M.J. De Crozals Doyen De La Faculté Des Lettres De L'Université De Grenoble. - Florence 1902.   
06/3639   
Clément, Charles   Charles Clément - Michel-Ange Léonard De Vinci Raphael Avec Une Étude Sur L'Art En Italie Avant Le XGIe Siècle Et Des Catalogues raisonnés Historiques Et Bibliographiques Collection Hetzel - A Bruxelles, A Paris 1861   
06/3634   
Pitture Dipinte Nella Volta Della Cappella Sistina Nel Vaticano    - In Roma l'anno 1773.   
06/3532   
Kugler, Franz Theodor   A Hand-Book Of The History Of Painting, From The Age Of Constantine The Great To The Present Time; By Dr. Franz Kugler. Translated From The German By A Lady. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. Edited, With Notes, By C.L. Eastlake, Esq., R.A. - London: 1841.   
06/2558   
Freart, Roland, Sieur de Chambray   Idea Della Perfezione Della Pittura Di Mr. Rolando Freart Tradotto Dal Francese Da Anton Maria Salvini E Pubblicata Per La Prima Volta Dal Canonico Domenico Moreni Con una Dissertazione Apologetica in fine Di Michelangelo Buonarroti Scritta Dal Sig. Onofrio Boni - Firenze [1809]   
06/2384   
Studio D'Architettura Civile sopra gli Ornamenti di Porte e Finestre tratti da alcune Fabbriche insigni di Roma con le misure Piante Modini, e Profili Opera De Piu Celebri Architetti De Nostri Tempi Publicata Sotto Gl'Auspicij Della Sta. Di N.S. Papa Clemente XI. Da Domenico de Rossi erede di Gio: Giac: de Rossi in Roma alla Pace con Privil. del Sommo Pont. e licenza de Sup. L'Anno M.DCCII. Parte Prima   - [1702]   
06/2206   
Gullick, Thomas John   Painting Popularly Explained: Including Fresco, Tempera, Encaustic, Miniature, Oil, Mosaic, Water-Colour, Missal, Painting on Pottery, Porcelain, Enamel, Glass, &c. With Historical Sketches of the Progress of the Art. By Thomas John Gullick, Painter, And John Timbs, F.S.A. Author Of "Curiosities Of London." - London: [1859]   
06/1891   
Niccolini, Giovanni Battista   Del Sublime E Di Michelangiolo Discorso Di Gio. Batista Niccolini Letto In Occasione Della Solenne Distribuzione Dei Premi Triennali Nella R. Accademia Delle Belle Arti In Firenze L'Anno 1825. - Firenze [1825]   
06/882   
Taylor, John Edward   Michael Angelo, Considered As A Philosophic Poet. With Translations. By John Edward Taylor. - London: 1840.   
06/879   
Anatomical Studies Of The Bones And Muscles, For The Use Of Artists, From Drawings By The Late John Flaxman, Esq. R.A. Engraved By Henry Landseer; With Two Additional Plates; And Explanatory Notes, By William Robertson.   - London: [1833]   
05/4381   
Roscoe, William   Illustrations, Historical And Critical, Of The Life Of Lorenzo De' Medici, called The Magnificent; With An Appendix Of Original And Other Documents. By William Roscoe. - London: 1822.   
05/3268   
Condivi, Ascanio   Vita Di Michelagnolo Buonarroti Pittore Scultore Architetto E Gentiluomo Fiorentino Pubblicata Mentre Viveva Dal Suo Scolare Ascanio Condivi Seconda Edizione Corretta Ed Accresciuta Di Varie Annotazioni Col Ritratto Del Medesimo Ed Altre Figure In Rame. - In Firenze. [1746]   
05/3121   
Michelangelo Buonarroti   Le Rime Di Michelangelo Buonarroti Pittore Scultore E Architetto Cavate Dagli Autografi E Pubblicate Da Cesare Guasti Accademico Della Crusca. - In Firenze [1863]   
05/3116   
Valentini, Agostino   La Patriarcale Basilica Vaticana Illustrata per cura Di Agostino Valentini Volume I (II) - Roma Anno 1845. (1846.) (1855.) Domenico Feltrini scrisse e incise   
05/1938   
Ottley, William Young   The Italian School Of Design: Being A Series Of Fac-Similes Of Original Drawings, By The Most Eminent Painters And Sculptors Of Italy; With Biographical Notices Of The Artists, And Observations On Their Works. By William Young Ottley. - London: 1823.   
05/891   
Lawrence Gallery. A Series Of Fac-Similes Of Original Drawings By M. Angelo Buonarotti, Selected From The Matchless Collection Formed by Sir Thomas Lawrence, late President of the Royal Academy.   - London: 1853.   
05/887   
A Series Of Outlines, Consisting Of Seventeen Plates, From The Last Judgment, Painted By Michael Angelo Buonaroti, In The Sixtine Chapel, At Rome; Engraved By J. Stephanoff.   - [S.l.]: (1811).   
05/882   
Michelangelo Buonarroti   Lettera Di Michelangelo Bonarroti Per Giustificarsi Contro Le Calunne Degli Emuli E De' Nemici Suoi Sul Proposito Del Sepolcro Di Papa Giulio II Trovata E Pubblicata Con Illustrazioni da Sebastiano Ciampi - Firenze 1834   
05/876   
Rossi, Giuseppe Ignazio   La Libreria Mediceo-Laurenziana, architettura di Michelagnolo Buonarruoti. - Firenze : 1739.   
04/3191   
Dumont, Gabriel Pierre Martin   Détails Des Plus Intéressantes Parties D'Architecture De La Basilique De St. Pierre De Rome, Levés Et Dessinés Sur Le Lieu; Par Gabriel-Martin Dumont, Professeur D'Architecture, Membre Des Académies de Rome, Florence Et Bologne. - A Paris [1763]   
03/2544   
Rossi, Giuseppe Ignazio   La Libreria Mediceo-Laurenziana Architettura Di Michelagnolo Buonaruotti Disegnata, E Illustrata Da Giuseppe Ignazio Rossi Architetto Fiorentino A S. Altezza Elettorale La Serenissima Anna Maria Luisa Elettrice Palatina Del Reno, ec. Gran Principessa Di Toscana, ec. - In Firenze [1739]   
03/2486   
Michael Angelus Bonarota Tuscorum Flos Delibatus Duarum Artium Pulcherrimaru' Humanæ Vitæ Vicariarum Picturæ Statuariæ Que Suo Penitus Sæculo Extinctaru' Alter Inventor Faciebat    - Romæ ad Templ. Sa. Ma. de Pace cum Privil. S. P.) [ca. 1677?]   
03/2143   
Costaguti, Giovanni Battista, junior   Architettura Della Basilica Di S. Pietro In Vaticano Opera di Bramante Lazzari, Michel'Angelo Bonarota, Carlo Maderni, e altri famosi Architetti Da Monsignore Gio. Battista Costaguti Seniore Maggiordomo Di Paolo V Fatta esprimere, e intagliare in piu tavole da Martino Ferrabosco, e posta in luce l'anno M.DC.XX. Di nuovo data alle Stampe Da Monsignore Gio. Battista Costaguti Iuniore Decano Della Camera Nell'Anno M.DC.LXXXIV. - In Roma: [1684]   
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RI/1/60    W.B. Richmond, 46 via Sistina, Rome, to Julia Richmond    26 Feb 1869    Item   
RI/1/55    W.B. Richmond, Assisi, to George Richmond    25 Jul 1868    File   
RI/1/45    W.B. Richmond, 8 Via Felice, Rome, to George Richmond, R.A.    3 Mar [1867]    Item   
RI/1/27    W.B. Richmond, 123 via Felice, Rome, to George Richmond    4 Mar 1866    Item   
RI/1/26    W.B. Richmond, 123 via Felice, number 17, Rome, to Julia Richmond    22 Feb 1866    Item   
HU/5/99    Ar. Champernowne, Palazzo S. Rocco, Rome, to Ozias Humphry, Knightsbridge, Middlesex    3 Dec 1801    Item   
AND/26/396    Charles West Cope, 19 Hyde Park Gate South, Kensington Gore, to J.H. Anderdon    4 Jan 1869    Item   
JU/1/82    Ms prospectus by Sir Joshua Reynolds of exhibition of Old Master works belonging to him, which were for sale    [1791]    Item   
TOD/3/8/125    Cosmo, 16, Saint Peter's Square, Hammersmith, W.6., to Middleton Todd    14 Jun 1965    Item   
LAW/6/1    Thomas Lawrence, manuscript discourse    10 Dec 1823    Item   
LAW/5/372    J.H. Wiffen, Woburn Abbey, to Sir Thomas Lawrence    28 Sep 1829    Item   
LAW/5/284    Thos. Uwins, Naples, to Sir Thomas Lawrence, Russell Square, London    30 Nov 1828    Item   
LAW/5/10    Wm. Etty, 16 Slangate-Walk, Westminster Bridge, London, to [Thomas Lawrence]    [c.1824]    Item   
LAW/4/359    Notes by Lawrence on drawings in the Louvre    31 Aug 1825    Item   
LAW/4/341    Thos. Uwins, Naples, to Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy, Russell Square, London    31 May 1825    Item   
LAW/4/340    Margaret Beaumont, to Sir Thomas    [c.1829-1830]    Item   
LAW/4/102    Samuel Woodburn, Paris, to Sir Thomas Lawrence, Russell Square, London    13 Mar 1823    Item   
LAW/4/84    Saml. Woodburn, Alberga Damon, via della Croce, Rome, to Sir Thomas Lawrence P.R.A., Russell Square, London    14 Jan 1823    Item   
LAW/4/65    Wm. Etty, to Sir Thomas Lawrence, 65 Russell Square, London    12 Oct 1822    Item   
LAW/4/21    Notes on the bas relief by Michelangelo, featuring the Virgin and the infants St. John and Christ    [c.1822]    Item   
LAW/4/20    G.H. Beaumont, Rome, to Sir Thomas Lawrence, Bedford Square, London    14 May 1822    Item   
LAW/4/17    Engraving of the Taddei Tondo, by Michelangelo    [c.1822]    Item   
LAW/5/176    Bedford, Woburn Abbey, to Sir Thomas    24 Sep 1827    Item   
LAW/4/201    Pietro Camuccini, Rome, to Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy, London    20 Mar 1824    Item   
LAW/4/222    Pietro Camuccini, Rome, to Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy, London    6 May 1824    Item   
LAW/4/253    W. Roscoe, Toxteth Park, nr. Liverpool, to Sir Thomas Lawrence    15 Oct 1824    Item   
LAW/4/294    W. Roscoe, Toxteth Park, nr. Liverpool to Sir Thos. Lawrence P.R.A., 65 Russell Square, London    5 Jan 1825    Item   
LAW/4/298    B.W. Procter, Prince of Wales's Coffee House, Leicester Place, to Sir Thomas Lawrence    [1825]    Item   
LAW/4/168    [William Etty], notes on the drawings of Michelangelo and Raphael in the Louvre    [Nov 1823]    Item   
LAW/4/328    C. Metz, Rome, to Sir T. Lawrence, Russell Square, London    13 May 1825    Item   
RAA/SEC/8/55/2    John Forsdyke, Director, Britsh Museum, London, W.C.1, to [W. R. M.] Lamb    04 Jun 1941    Item   
RAA/SEC/6/11/3    K [Kenneth Clark], B 5 Albany, Piccadilly, W. 1, to Humphrey Brooke    26 Apr 1963    Item   
LAW/3/39    Thos Lawrence, Rome, Grande Bretagne, to [Joseph Farington]    19 May 1819    Item   
RAA/SEC/14/35    Correspondence from members about the proposal to loan the Michelangelo tondo    1965    Sub-series   
RAA/SEC/2/11/3    [The Secretary] to Sir George Beaumont    15 Jun 1830    Item   
RAA/SEC/2/11/2    G. [...?] Beaumont [Secretary's note: Sir George Beaumont (the nephew)], Grosvenor Square [to the Secretary]    30 May 1830    Item   
GRI/3/668    Sidney Colvin, British Museum, to Mr [?Woods]    1 Jun 1887    Item   
GRI/3/573    William Blake Richmond, to George Richmond    24 Jan 1881    Item   
RAA/SEC/4/82/4    F. Leighton, Isola di Capri, presso Napoli, to the President and Council    09 Sep 1875    Item   
GRI/3/444    J. Severn, British Consulate, Rome, to George Richmond    5 Jan 1870    Item   
RAA/SEC/4/28/2    Visitor's report by Philip Connard on the Painting School    01 Apr 1919    Item   
GRI/3/220    [?R.B.A.], The Architectural Museum, Canon Row, Westminster, to John Ruskin    1854    Item   
GRI/3/148    F.T. Palgrave, Balliol, to George Richmond    4 Feb 1847    Item   
RAA/SEC/2/31/2    Domenico Brucciani, Galleria delle Belle Arti, 40 Russell Street, Covent Garden, London, to the Council    10 Jun 1869    Item   
NOR/9    James Northcote, to [Samuel Northcote]    8 Apr 1772    Item   
GRI/2/28    Blackwood's Diary    1876    Item   
GRI/2/1    Beilby's Birmingham Commercial Remembrancer    1837-1839    Item   
RAA/PC/1/56    Council minutes    03 Oct 1978 - 31 Jul 1979    Item   
RAA/PC/1/55    Council minutes    04 Oct 1977 - 01 Aug 1978    Item   
RAA/PC/1/54    Council minutes    05 Oct 1976 - 02 Aug 1977    Item   
RAA/PC/1/50    Council minutes    09 Jan 1973 - 04 Dec 1973    Item   
RAA/PC/1/42    Council minutes    05 Jan 1965 - 07 Dec 1965    Item   
RAA/PC/1/40    Council minutes    08 Jan 1963 - 10 Dec 1963    Item   
RAA/PC/1/34    Council minutes    08 Jan 1957 - 10 Dec 1957    Item   
RAA/PC/1/29    Council minutes    08 Jan 1952 - 19 Dec 1952    Item   
RAA/GA/1/12    General Assembly minutes, vol. 12    30 Jun 1964 - 05 Dec 1972    Item   
RAA/PC/1/28    Council minutes, vol. 28    23 May 1944 - 23 Jan 1952    Item   
ANG/3/1-2    Thomas Lawrence, to [Amelia Angerstein]    [1821]    Item   
ANG/2    Thomas Lawrence to [Amelia Angerstein]    [1821]    Item   
ANG    Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA, letters to the Angerstein family    c.1821-1830    Fonds