Michelangelo Buonarroti ... as found in Florence

I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible
                   -  Michelangelo

The above sculpture is Michelangelo "The Deposition" ... also known as the Florence Pieta.  Michelangelo started the work at age 72, worked on it for 8 years and became so frustrated that the tried to destroy it.  The face of Nicodemus is thought to be a self portrait of Michelangelo himself.

Michelangelo's proposed design for the drum of the Florence Duomo (not chosen)

Casa Buonarroti:  Although Michelangelo never resided in the home, the Buonarotti family owned it.  It is a small museum that is dedicated to remembering and celebrating the greatness of Michelangelo.  It contains a few of his smaller works.

Basilica of Santa Croce: where Michelangelo is buried, along with other well known people such as Machiavelli and Galileo. 

Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception

resembles more than anything else 

that celestial source from which we all are come.

  - Michelangelo