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Italian artist and architect (–)

For other uses, see Michelangelo (disambiguation).

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni^[a] (6&#;March &#;&#; 18&#;February ), known mononymously as Michelangelo,^[b][1] was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect,^[2] and poet of the High Renaissance.

Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspired by models from classical antiquity and had a lasting influence on Western art. Michelangelo's creative abilities and mastery in a range of artistic arenas define him as an archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and elder contemporary, Leonardo da Vinci.^[3] Given the sheer volume of surviving correspondence, sketches, and reminiscences, Michelangelo is one of the best-documented artists of the 16th century.

He was lauded by contemporary biographers as the most accomplished artist of his era.^[4][5]

Michelangelo achieved fame early. Two of hi