Michaelangelo   The Story 1475 Born in Caprese, Tuscany (Italy). 1767 Apprenticed to Bertoldo. Invited to live with Lorenzo de Medici. 1491 (age 16) Completes Madonna of the Stairs 1501-1504 Sculpts David 1508-1512 Paints ceiling of the Sistine Chapel 1541 Completes The Last Judgement 1547 Takes over as architect of St. Peter's Basillica 1564 d. as the Dome of St. Peters begins construction. General   michelangelo.com MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni at Web Gallery of Art Sculpture Bacchus Florentine Desposition Pietà   Crouching Boy Knife Grinder Palenstrina Pietà   David Madonna of the Stairs Allegoria dell'Aurora   Dawn Medici Madonna Night The Rondanini Pietà Dying Slave Pitti Madonna Saint Matthew Taddeo Taddei Madonna   80 Images Fresco (paintings) Exploring the Sistine Chapel Ceiling     Writings, Quotes, & Speeches   "" Books etc. The Agony and the Ecstasy - Irving Stone. Biographical novel.