A "Michael Angelo."

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 69, 13 July 1914, Page 5

A "Michael Angelo."

DISCOVERED IN CHESTER. IN POSSESSION OF TRADESMAN. (By Eleotbio Telegraph—Copyright] Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, July 11. A picture owned by a Chester tradesman proved to be a Michael Angelo. The owner ha* received an offer of £IO,OOO. Michael-Angelo Buonarotti, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect, was born at Chiusi in 1474, and died in 1564. From his earliest youth he displayed the greatest talent for art. At Borne lie carved the mausoleum of Julius 11., and was in sucession the favorite artist with three Popes— Leo X, Paul 11, and Julius 111. He planned the fortifications of Florence, and by his skill as a military engineer greatly assisted to defend that city. At the age of forty, he turned his talents to architecture, and constructed one of the grandest examples of that art—the cupola of St. Peter's. His genius has never been contested; all place him in the front rank as a painter, sculptur, and architect. His "Last Judgment" in Rome, remains a marvellous proof of his great genius as a painter. He completed St. Peter's at Rome, refusing any remuneration for his work, which he regarded as a service to God. He was a man of a remarkably noble character, and versatile genius, and was the author of poems and sonnets. He died at Rome, but his remains were removed to the church of Santa Croee, Florence.