2025550th Anniversary of the Birth of Michelangelo Buonarroti - First Day Cover

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born on 6 March 1475 (Caprese Michelangelo) and died on 18 February 1564 (Rome). This Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect and poet is described as a genius inspired by God himself. He grew up in Florence where he began his journey into art, which for him was a divine creation of a world in which man is the central figure of God's universe.