The man who always signed his name “Michelangelo, sculttore”, was also, in spite of himself, a painter. Although Pope Julius II tempted him to Rome with the prospect of a huge marble mausoleum ...

1501 Returned to Florence. Contracted to carve figures for the Piccolomini altar and received the commission to carve the David 1504 Completed the David. Received commission to paint the Battle of ...