Gherardo Perini

Gherardo Perini was a model for Michelangelo and came to work for him around 1520.

When Perini failed to show up to his studio, Michelangelo was distraught and stated "I beg you not to make me draw this evening since Perino's not here." On that same page, he drew a naked putto urinating into a vase.

Scholar Robert Clements believes that their affair was homosexual and points to the verse written to Perini, "I had always thought I could come to term with love, Now I suffer, and you see how I burn."^[1]

References in Michelangelo's poetry

Perini was mentioned in Michelangelo's poem G.36. In first line of the poem, Michelangelo states that "Over here it was that my love stole from me." In the third line of the poem it says: "Here with his beautiful eyes he promised me help." This is in reference to Michelangelo expecting him to love him back. In the fourth line he further states "he stole it back." This is Michelangelo lamenting the loss of Perini as his lover. Furthermore, Michelangelo was so captivated by him, that in the first line of the second quatrain he states "he bound me and here released me" and follows in the next line stating "For myself I wept here, and with infinite sorrow" and finally stating in the final line "He who stole myself from me and never turned back." Sonnet 36, left unfinished, sums up the relationship between Michelangelo and Perini. It is a standard set of antitheses commonly used to define tue ultimately unsatisfactory completion of a love ^[2]

Perini was again mentioned in the poem G.55. It is Michelangelo again states that he is heartbroken that Perini has left him and also adds that he is crazy for Perini.

The poem states "I have bought you, at no small cost, A little something that smells sweet, Since by a scent one often knows a street, Wherever I am, where you may be, I can be clear and certain, free of doubt. If you hide from me, I'll pardon you, For, carrying this, always, as you pass, Even if I were blind, I would find you.

In this poem, Michelangelo is being playful with Perini and making fun of him in such a way that he is telling him that he has given him a very expensive gift and he wants Perini to wear it. Nevertherless, Michelangelo is so attached to Perini, that he will be able to find Perini anywhere ^[3]

References

↑ "The Passions of Michelangelo". Rictornorton.co.uk. 2008-06-14. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
↑ http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ren/michel1.htm
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Michelangelo

List of works
Key: *Attributed, †Lost

Sculptures

Florence, c. 1488–1492	†Head of a Faun Madonna of the Stairs Battle of the Centaurs Crucifix

Bologna, 1494–1495	Additions to the Arca di San Domenico (St Petronius, St Proclus, Angel)

Rome, 1496–1500	†Sleeping Cupid Bacchus †Standing Cupid Pietà

Florence, 1501–1505	David Madonna of Bruges Additions to the Piccolomini Altarpiece (Saints Peter, Paul, Pius and Gregory) Pitti Tondo Taddei Tondo St. Matthew

Tomb of Pope Julius II, 1505–1545	Moses Rebellious Slave Dying Slave Young Slave Bearded Slave Atlas Slave Awakening Slave The Genius of Victory Rachel Leah

Florence, 1516–1534	Christ Carrying the Cross Medici Chapel Giuliano de' Medici Night Day Dusk Dawn Medici Madonna Apollo Crouching Boy

Rome, 1534–1564	Brutus Florentine Pietà *Palestrina Pietà Rondanini Pietà

Paintings

Panel paintings	The Torment of Saint Anthony Manchester Madonna The Entombment Doni Tondo †Leda and the Swan

Salone dei Cinquecento	†Battle of Cascina

Sistine Chapel	Ceiling The Last Judgment

Cappella Paolina	The Martyrdom of St Peter

Architecture

Florence	New Sacristy and Laurentian Library in the Basilica of San Lorenzo

Rome	Piazza del Campidoglio Palazzo Farnese St. Peter's Basilica San Giovanni dei Fiorentini Porta Pia Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri

Works on paper	Study of a Kneeling Nude Girl for The Entombment Epifania

Milieu	Cecchino dei Bracci Tommaso dei Cavalieri Vittoria Colonna Ascanio Condivi Gherardo Perini Sebastiano del Piombo Febo di Poggio Luigi del Riccio

Related	Art patronage of Julius II Casa Buonarroti Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects Replicas of David Replicas of the Pietà Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes

Wikimedia	Michelangelo at Wikimedia Commons Michelangelo at Wikiquote

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