In midlife, he was, apparently, overwhelmed by his envy of all the attention the young upstart Michelangelo was receiving.
Bacchus explores the chords and cadences of human flesh, a subject fascinating to the young Michelangelo.
In 1501 they commissioned the young Michelangelo to carve it.
Three men on the left of the painting are from an early 17th-century work by Vannini, and one is modeled after the young Michelangelo.
Riario is also credited for noticing the talent of the young Michelangelo.
The young Michelangelo was one of the many artists who received his artistic training by copying Masaccio's work in the chapel.
The young Michelangelo might have done just fine without Medici money behind him.
The Cupid was a significant work in establishing the reputation of the young Michelangelo, who was about 20 years old at the time.
It is easy to see why the young Michelangelo was impressed by the portal's dramatic intensity and technical virtuosity.
The young Michelangelo executed a marble bas-relief of the subject in Florence about 1492.
