Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
(6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564)
commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer.
Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender
for the title of the archetypal Renaissance
man, along with his rival and fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.
