Tommaso dei Cavalieri

Tommaso dei Cavalieri
Possible drawing of dei Cavalieri
might be by Michelangelo[1][2]
Bornc. 1509 to 1519
Died1587
Known forBeing the object of the greatest expression of Michelangelo's love
SpouseLavinia della Valle
ChildrenEmilio de' Cavalieri
Mario de' Cavalieri

Tommaso dei Cavalieri (c. 1509—1587) was an Italian nobleman, who was the object of the greatest expression of Michelangelo's love.[3][4] 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".[5] The two men remained close to each other throughout their lives and Cavalieri was present at the artist's death.[6]

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  2. ^ Joannides, Paul (2003). Michel-Ange, élèves et copistes (in French). Véronique Goarin, Catherine Scheck, Musée du Louvre. Département des arts graphiques, Musée d'Orsay. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux. p. 253. ISBN 2-7118-4044-1. OCLC 53434968.
  3. ^ Bredekamp, Horst (2021). Michelangelo (in German). Verlag Klaus Wagenbach. Berlin. p. 467. ISBN 978-3-8031-3707-4. OCLC 1248717101.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Zöllner, Frank; Thoenes, Christof (2019). Michelangelo, 1475–1564: The Complete Paintings, Sculptures and Architecture. Translated by Karen Williams (2nd ed.). Cologne: Taschen. pp. 381, 384, 387–390. ISBN 978-3-8365-3716-2. OCLC 1112202167.
  5. ^ Howard Hibbard, Michelangelo, New York, 1974, 229.
  6. ^ "p. 5" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2014-05-14.