1. Returns to besieged Florence

    · Florence, Tuscany, Italy

    Returns to besieged Florence
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    Persuaded by friends and threatened with confiscation of his property, Michelangelo returned to Florence before enemy forces sealed the city. The surrounding text establishes November 1529 and identifies the city as Florence.

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