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Ascanio Condivi (c....

Ascanio Condivi was a young pupil and assistant of Michelangelo's who gained the trust and confidence of the great artist.

This man, pretending to seek a sculptor for certain works in Rome, was directed to Michelangelo's house after several others; and to throw light cautiously on.

Ascanio Condivi (c.

Condivi's "Life" is an impassioned and intimate portrait of Michelangelo, which gives an unparalleled picture of the master's life, work and personality.

Painter and purported author of an early and generally reliable biography of Michelangelo in Condivi came from a merchant family in Ripatransone wher.

Ascanio Condivi

Italian painter and writer (1525–1574)

Ascanio Condivi
Born	1525 Ripatransone, Marche
Died	10 December 1574(1574-12-10) (aged 48–49) Menocchia
Occupation	Painter and writer
Relatives	Latino Condivi (father) Vitangela de' Ricci (mother)

Ascanio Condivi (1525 – 10 December 1574) was an Italian painter and writer.

Generally regarded as a mediocre artist, he is primarily remembered as the biographer of Michelangelo.

Biography

The son of Latino Condivi and Vitangela de' Ricci, Ascanio Condivi was a nobleman born in the town of Ripatransone in the Marche.

He moved to Rome in c. 1545, where he became an acquaintance of Michelangelo. In 1553 he published Vita di Michelagnolo [sic] Buonarroti,^[1] an authorised account of Michelangelo's life over which his subject had complete control.

The Vita was partly a rebuttal of hostile rumours that were being perpetuated about the artist, nam