Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . the gardenof the Medici to the very dome of St. Peters. His mind and hand wereschooled together from the first: they created and produced as if by a singleimpulse. A head or rather mask of a laughing fawn, now preserved as a treasure inthe Florentine Museum, was the first essay in marble known to have comefrom his hand: it was conside
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . the gardenof the Medici to the very dome of St. Peters. His mind and hand wereschooled together from the first: they created and produced as if by a singleimpulse. A head or rather mask of a laughing fawn, now preserved as a treasure inthe Florentine Museum, was the first essay in marble known to have comefrom his hand: it was considered a wonder at the time for so young an artist,and elicited much praise. Fortune seemed to have spared Michael Angelo thepains and trials so commonly the fate of genius in the beginning of its career,and to have placed him at once on the high road in which he was destined tobecome so distinguished. Lorenzo di Medici found the young artist among thesculptors, busily engaged in polishing his mask, and was struck with his ap-pearance and address, as well as with admiration and wonder at the work onwhich he was employed. But, said the prince, you have restored to theold man his teeth, when you ought to know that a person of that age has gen- MICHAEL Michael Angelo exhibiting one of his earlier Efforts before the Great Masters. enerally some wanting. The young sculptor, diffident of himself, on the de-parture of Lorenzo broke a tooth from the upper jaw, and drilled a hole in thegum to indicate that it had fallen out. His modesty, and the deference paid tothe criticism of the prince, sealed his fortune, and secured to the world aMichael Angelo. Lorenzo adopted him into his family, and treated him ashis son. On the death of Lorenzo di Medici, in 1492, he lost a kind friend and pa-tron ; and though he received some favor from his brother Pietro, there waslittle honor in his patronage, for he used to boast that he had two extraordinarymen in his house—Michael Angelo the carv
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