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Michelangelo Praises Benvenuto Cellini
When Michelangelo was an old man, all the the younger artists worshipped him. If they had ever even talked to him they bragged about it. Benvenuto Cellini came up with this letter and put it proudly in his Autobiography. Benvenuto … Continue reading
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