In 1530, to escape the wrath of the Pope, Michelangelo took refuge in a secret room under the Medici Chapels and filled the walls with drawingspic.twitter.com/ONTMt3JQ2y
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Was Michelangelo almost executed by a pope? Yes. But this timeline here is wrong.
After betraying his patrons and joining the revolt in 1529, Michelangelo went underground (literally) in the 1530s, using the room as a refuge when the Medicis regained power. Two months later, he was pardoned and resumed his work on the chapel
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Right, ok I remember now. This man and his tombs, always getting delayed
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