While Michelangelo was quarrying marble in Pietrasanta he jotted down these three menus for three different kinds of meals on the back of a letter that had been sent to him on March 18, 1518 by Bernardo Nicolini. Never the one to waste paper, Michelangelo took it upon himself to scrawl out a pictorial menu. Waste not, Want not, eh? Looks like fish, bread, and wine is on the menu.
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Three Different Lists of Foods
pen and ink on paper
1518
Casa Buonarroti, Florence, Italy
8 3/8 x 5 3/4 in
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