Michelangelo's Tuscan Italy Country Villa on the Market, Renaissance Gem

[appalachiablue]

Love Italian Renaissance art and have a cool $7.5 million burning a hole in your pocket? The Tuscan villa of legendary sculptor, architect, and Sistine Chapel painter Michelangelo is currently on the market, TopTenRealEstateDeals.com reports.

Michelangelo was in his early seventies when he purchased the property and its surrounding lands in 1549. After his death, the property was passed down through the artist's family for more than 300 years; its last owner reportedly preserved and modernized the home before putting it on the market.

Other than an impressive legacy, the residence comprises three multi-story buildings and boasts 10 bedrooms, a lemon orchard, Chianti vineyards, and an olive grove and olive oil mill.

The entire six-acre compound—along with a copy of the home’s deed, which refers to Michelangelo as a "dear sculptor and Florentine citizen"....

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[elleng]

1. OMG!!!

[appalachiablue]

2. Tuscan heaven, 6 acres, orchard, 10 BR. Wow, some lucky person...

[enid602]

12. Silver

You'd think Michelangelo could've afforded silver appliances.

[appalachiablue]

13. And marble counter tops, the best.

[marylandblue]

3. Nobody wants that? I'll take it!

I just need to empty my piggy bank and wait for the price drop a little bit more.

[appalachiablue]

4. I want it too! What a paradise, sigh...

[CatMor]

5. It looks fantastic.....

I can imagine him walking and living in those rooms. His Pieta is the most beautiful work of art I've ever seen.

[appalachiablue]

6. Beauty...

[CatMor]

7. Its incredible how anyone could do that with a big hunk of marble...

Thank you for posting the photo. The detail when you see it in person is awesome.

[BigmanPigman]

10. I remember when someone took a hammer to it in the 70s.

In art school we learned that he would spend a ton of time in the marble quarries choosing the perfect piece. He would see the vision of his planned sculpture coming out of the stone and that is when he knew he had the right piece of marble.

[CatMor]

11. I do remember the hammer attack....

very interesting about choosing the marble. How he could do that and then have the beauty he created come out of it is amazing to me. The detail is incredible even including veins.

[msongs]

8. is it outside the earthquake zone. if I pay cash can I get a discount? nt

[appalachiablue]

9. Go for it! But remember DU ok?

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