Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Michael Angelo

The celebrated painter, born 1474, died 1563. The Michael-Angelo of battle-scenes.

Michael-Angelo Cerquozzi, a native of Rome, famous for his battle-scenes and shipwrecks. (1600-1660.)

Michel-Ange des Bamboches.
Peter van Laar. the Dutch painter. (1613-1673.) Michael-Angelo of music. Johann Christoph von Gluck, the German musical composer. (1714-1787.) Michael-Angelo of sculptors. Pierre Puget, the French sculptor (1623-1694). Also RééMichael Slodtz (1705-1764).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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