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<p>[QUOTE="talerman, post: 7794720, member: 89314"]Michelangelo, born March 6, 1475, Caprese, Republic of Florence —died February 18, 1564, Rome, Papal States</p><p><br /></p><p>Can't show you any of those ducats he earned from the Pope but here are a couple of more modest Papal silver coins he may have used to buy a glass of wine with his friends</p><p><br /></p><p>Papal States Sede Vacante Giulio n.d. (1521-22)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1338134[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1338135[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Papal States CLEMENT VII 1/2 Giulio (Grosso) n.d. (1523-34) </p><p><br /></p><p>Clement VII was a member of the Medici family and the coin has the 6-balls Medici arms on the obverse. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo" rel="nofollow">Michelangelo</a> had a complicated relationship with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Medici" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Medici" rel="nofollow">Medici family</a>, who were for most of his lifetime the effective rulers of his home city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence" rel="nofollow">Florence</a>. Following his initial work for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_de%27_Medici" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_de%27_Medici" rel="nofollow">Lorenzo de' Medici</a>, Michelangelo's interactions with the family continued for decades including the Medici papacies of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_X" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_X" rel="nofollow">Pope Leo X</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_VII" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_VII" rel="nofollow">Pope Clement VII</a>. Sophisticated, handsome, and intelligent, Pope Clement VII became one of Michelangelo's most important patrons – despite Vatican coffers running low during his papacy, due to the extravagances of previous popes and a string of international misfortunes. The Pope had plans to make the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentian_Library" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentian_Library" rel="nofollow">Laurentian Library</a> public and in doing so, Clement proposed creating a new building. Michelangelo was contracted and produced an amazing design but it was not carried out until he moved to Rome in 1525. In this project, Michelangelo produced new styles such as pilasters tapering thinner at the bottom, and a staircase with contrasting rectangular and curving forms. Michelangelo worked on these two projects off and on for the next thirteen years. Ultimately, it was finished after his death. Mere days before his own death, Clement VII commissioned Michelangelo to paint <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Judgment_(Michelangelo)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Judgment_(Michelangelo)" rel="nofollow">The Last Judgment</a></i> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel" rel="nofollow">Sistine Chapel</a>. (Wikipedia)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1338136[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1338137[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="talerman, post: 7794720, member: 89314"]Michelangelo, born March 6, 1475, Caprese, Republic of Florence —died February 18, 1564, Rome, Papal States Can't show you any of those ducats he earned from the Pope but here are a couple of more modest Papal silver coins he may have used to buy a glass of wine with his friends Papal States Sede Vacante Giulio n.d. (1521-22) [ATTACH=full]1338134[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1338135[/ATTACH] Papal States CLEMENT VII 1/2 Giulio (Grosso) n.d. (1523-34) Clement VII was a member of the Medici family and the coin has the 6-balls Medici arms on the obverse. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo']Michelangelo[/URL] had a complicated relationship with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Medici']Medici family[/URL], who were for most of his lifetime the effective rulers of his home city of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence']Florence[/URL]. Following his initial work for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_de%27_Medici']Lorenzo de' Medici[/URL], Michelangelo's interactions with the family continued for decades including the Medici papacies of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_X']Pope Leo X[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_VII']Pope Clement VII[/URL]. Sophisticated, handsome, and intelligent, Pope Clement VII became one of Michelangelo's most important patrons – despite Vatican coffers running low during his papacy, due to the extravagances of previous popes and a string of international misfortunes. The Pope had plans to make the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentian_Library']Laurentian Library[/URL] public and in doing so, Clement proposed creating a new building. Michelangelo was contracted and produced an amazing design but it was not carried out until he moved to Rome in 1525. In this project, Michelangelo produced new styles such as pilasters tapering thinner at the bottom, and a staircase with contrasting rectangular and curving forms. Michelangelo worked on these two projects off and on for the next thirteen years. Ultimately, it was finished after his death. Mere days before his own death, Clement VII commissioned Michelangelo to paint [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Judgment_(Michelangelo)']The Last Judgment[/URL][/I] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel']Sistine Chapel[/URL]. (Wikipedia) [ATTACH=full]1338136[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1338137[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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