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Michelangelo’s biographies published during his lifetime

Jacopo del Conte, *Portrait of Michelangelo* (c. 1540), public-domain work and faithful reproduction. [Source and rights](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacopo_del_Conte_-_Portrait_of_Michelangelo_-_WGA5207.jpg). Visually checked in package fact-2327 on 2026-10-28.
Michelangelo, *Pietà*, St. Peter’s Basilica; photograph by Jebulon, CC0 1.0. [Source and rights](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michelangelo%27s_Piet%C3%A0_Saint_Peter%27s_Basilica_Vatican_City.jpg). Visually checked in package fact-2327 on 2026-10-28.
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Jacopo del Conte, *Portrait of Michelangelo* (c. 1540), public-domain work and faithful reproduction. [Source and rights](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacopo_del_Conte_-_Portrait_of_Michelangelo_-_WGA5207.jpg). Visually checked in package fact-2327 on 2026-10-28.

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Two biographies of Michelangelo appeared during his lifetime: Giorgio Vasari included an account of him in the 1550 *Lives*, and in 1553 the artist commissioned Ascanio Condivi to write a separate biography, supplying information himself. The source-list claim that he was the “first artist” is too broad; what the evidence supports is the unusual attention paid to Michelangelo while he was still alive.