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How Did Michelangelo Get So Rich?
Michelangelo by Jacopino del Conte Michelangelo complains a lot. He never has a cent and his patrons don’t pay him. He goes months without pay while he works like a dog, and eats like a dog, in the Sistine Chapel. … Continue reading
Posted in art, art history, great artists, Michelangelo, Pope Julius II, Renaissance, sculpture, Sistine Chapel, the David
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