Figure 3.
Close-up of Michelangelo’s portraits.
Left: Portrait of Michelangelo Buonarroti (c.1535), by Jacopino del Conte, oil on panel (from the Casa Buonarroti Museum, Florence, Italy). Center: Portrait of Michelangelo Buonarroti (c.1544), by Daniele da Volterra, oil on wood (from the Metropolitan Museum, New York, US). Right: Portrait of Michelangelo Buonarroti (c.1595), by Pompeo di Giulio Caccini, oil on wood (from the Casa Buonarroti Museum, Florence, Italy). All panels ©Foto Scala Firenze, reprinted with permission of Scala Group S.p.a.