Michelangelo

1534–1564 · Luogo di lavoro

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 febbraio 1564

Died