Who Was Alive

Were Michelangelo and Giorgione alive at the same time?

Yes. Michelangelo and Giorgione were alive at the same time for 31 or 32 years, from 1478 to 1510.

Michelangelo was 2 or 3 when Giorgione was born.

Michelangelo was 34 or 35 when Giorgione died, aged 31 or 32.

Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Italian artist and architect

Born 6 March 1475 · died 18 February 1564, aged 88

Giorgione

Giorgione

Venetian painter

Born 1478 · died 1510, aged 31 or 32

  1. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  2. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  4. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  5. Giorgione, 1478 – 1510
  6. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  7. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  8. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642

Michelangelo and Giorgione in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Michelangelo and Giorgione were born

Michelangelo and Giorgione are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (8 of 8 placed); tap one to open that person.
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