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House of Michelangelo Buonarroti, which was deco
rated a graffito in 1875, on the occasion of his fourt.
centennial. It is open on Mondays and Tuesdays from 9 A. M
to 3 P. M. and on all other days by applying to the guar
dian. Over the door is a portrait in bronze of thę grea
artist, and the following inscription:
QUESTA CASA
COMPERATA AI SUOI DAL DIVINO MICHELANGELO
FATTA ORNARE DI PITTURE
ED ARRICCHITA DI MOBILI, DE' DISEGNI E DEGLI SCRITTI
DEL GRANDE ZIO
DA MICHELANGELO PRONIPOTE
IL CAVALIERE COSIMO BUONARROTI
LASCIO PER TESTAMENTO ALLA CITTA
CON TUTTO IL SUO MOBILE PREZIOSO
LANNO 1858.
First Floor
Antichamber.—This room is full of Etruscan, Greek
and Roman articles, collected mostly by Michelangelo and
found in his studio in Rome.—From hence we pass to the
Second Room containing the drawings by Michelangelo
and some good paintings, viz :
N. 92. Titian—The Death of the Roman Lucretia.
N. 95 Cristoforo Allori—Portrait of Michelangelo, wear-
ing a turban.
N. 97. Another portrait of Michelangelo Buonarroti,
thought to have been painted by himself.
The Third Room is the most sumptuous and interesting;
here the best painters of the XVth. century painted the
most remarkable events in the great artist’s life. It mo¬