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Biography of Michelangelo

Biography of Michelangelo

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Born in Caprese, Italy in 1475, about forty miles from Florence. From small talent evident, and at the age of thirteen he was apprenticed to the famous painter Shirlandaio in Florence. A year after that he lived in the palace belonged to Lorenzo Medici, ruler of Florence who acts as his protector. Throughout his career of Michelangelo great talent no doubt. He often believed both by the Pope and the secular leaders to design and create artwork. Although he lived in many places, some of the biggest spent in Rome and Florence.

Van Gogh Biography - The Famous Painters

Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 - 29 July 1890) is a post-impressionist Dutch painter. The paintings and drawings, including works of art the best, most famous, and most expensive in the world. Van Gogh is regarded as one of the greatest painters in European art history. He was the eldest of six brothers, sons Protestant pastor in Groot Zundert,

Leonardo da Vinci

(Vinci born in , Province of Florence, Italy, 15 April 1452 - died at Clos Lucé, France, May 2, 1519 at the age of 67 years) is the architect,

Portrait of Dr. Gachet "US $ 142.7 million

Some Vincent Willem Van Gogh painting worth hundreds of billions of dollars and even trillions of dollars. Such as painting, entitled "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" which was made in 1889 by media oil on canvas measuring 95 cm X 125 cm auctioned at US $ 142.7 million. This painting contains a picture of a doctor named Dr. Paul Gachet is treating the painter Vincent van Gogh at the end of his life ...

Mona Lisa insured value of $ 100 million in 1962, with inflation in 2006 to $ 670 million

Paintings by Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" is a painting that became an icon in the art world and is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the paintings that have the highest value insured. On December 14, 1962, before the exhibition in the United States,