"Michelangelo Buonarroti" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... given to a family which claimed descent from Bonifazio's brother Conrad—a young man killed in the battle of Coviolo. This family, in its turn, was extinguished in the year 1570; but a junior branch still exists at Verona. It will be remembered that Michelangelo Buonarroti claimed kinship with the Count of Canossa; and a letter from the Count is extant acknowledging the validity ...
— Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete - Series I, II, and III • John Symonds |
