Currently on display at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC is what experts believe to be Michelangelo Buonarroti's first painting,
The Torment of Saint Anthony. The painting was made between 1487 and 1488, which would make Michelangelo only 12 years old. Michelangelo used to visit the studio and workshop of
Ghirlandaio to visit his lifelong friend,
Francesco Granacci, an apprentice for the painter. The shop is most likely where Michelangelo acquired his first materials and became fascinated with art. This painting of his is completely astonishing, and to think that he was only a child when it was created simply knocks me off my feet. I'm sure the images don't even do it justice, so I am definitely heading over there to see it soon.
From the Met:
Like many boys then and now, Michelangelo loved monsters. He loved them so much, he made them the stars of his first painting, “The Torment of Saint Anthony,” which he copied from an engraving by Martin Schongauer (1448-14910) the way kids today copy scenes from comic books.
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