Yes, when Michelangelo was a young boy.
Lorenzo the Magnificent (Lorenzo il Magnifico)
Sir Lorenzo was an art promoter and the administrator of the city of Florence. He was a patron and protector to the famous Italian Renaissance artist and sculptor, Michael Angelo.
Lorenzo Medici
Lorenzo
The Medici family. Namely Lorenzo De Medici or Lorenzo the Magnificent.
Juan Diego is not currently listed as a patron saint.
Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492) was the de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic in the time of the Italian Renaissance. He was known to Florentines as Lorenzo il Magnifico, Lorenzo the Magnificent. He was a patron of scholarship and the arts and managed to keep a fragile peace between competing Italian states such as Venice and the Papal States. He ruled over a time known to Italians as the Golden Age.Within 2 years of his passing, the peace beween the Italian states came to an end, and shortly after that the French invaded Naples, beginning a period of occupation by France, Spain, or Austria for nearly four centuries.
Actually, it was Lorenzo Medici. :)
Lorenzo de Medici was the owner of a large bank in Florence during the Renaissance. Lorenzo controlled Florence and was also a large patron of the arts. He also started a school for artists and sculptors, where many famous people were trained, including Michelangelo.
Leonardo da Vinci's most important patron and the one who employed him the longest was the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Il Moro
first of all his name is Lorenzo and his nickname was 'Il magnifico'
he was an art patron && was very wealthy from his grandfather, there for he was the center of florentine life.