The Life and Times of
Michelangelo
 
 
 
   
   
  © 2008 Richard Willmer  
Updated 15 February 2009
 
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Michelangelo the Poet
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Michelangelo's Oeuvre

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Design for the Capitoline Hill, 1548, engraving. In the centre Michelangelo placed the Roman statue of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Flanking the staircase are the statues of Castor and Pollux, which were found in the Theatre of Marcellus.

Engraving by Étienne Dupérac (1525-1604), 1568.