Kdo je hodil z Michelangelo Buonarroti?

Michelangelo (polno ime Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni), italijanski kipar, arhitekt, slikar in pesnik, * 6. marec 1475, vas Caprese, Toskana, Florentinska republika (danes Italija), † 18. februar 1564, Rim, Papeška država (danes Italija).

Michelangelo je eden najpomembnejših italijanskih umetnikov visoke renesanse. Njegova najbolj znana dela so poslikava stropa Sikstinske kapele in freska Poslednja sodba na oltarni steni te kapele, kipi David, Mojzes in Pietà, grobnica Medičejcev in med arhitekturami kupola bazilike svetega Petra v Vatikanu.

Tommaso dei Cavalieri (c. 1509—1587) was an Italian nobleman, who was the object of the greatest expression of Michelangelo's love. Michelangelo was 57 years old when he met Cavalieri in 1532. The young noble was exceptionally handsome, and his appearance seems to have fit the artist's notions of ideal masculine beauty, for Michelangelo described him as "light of our century, paragon of all the world". The two men remained close to each other throughout their lives, and Cavalieri was present at the artist's death.