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MichelangeloItalian, 1475–1564May one see it?
Braunschweig, Germany
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
1534–1564 · Workplace
Rome
February 1564
His will: “my soul to God, my body to the earth”
Before his death Michelangelo dictated his will with characteristic brevity: “I give my soul to God, my body to the earth, my possessions to my family.” His nephew Leonardo reached Rome a few days before he died, and Tommaso dei Cavalieri, Daniele da Volterra and his doctors were with him at the end.
18 February 1564
Died