Who Was Alive

Were Piero della Francesca and Michelangelo alive at the same time?

Yes. Piero della Francesca and Michelangelo were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1475 to 1492.

Piero della Francesca was 59 or 60 when Michelangelo was born.

Michelangelo was 17 when Piero della Francesca died, aged 76 or 77.

Piero della Francesca

Piero della Francesca

Italian painter and mathematician

Born 1415 · died 12 October 1492, aged 76 or 77

Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Italian artist and architect

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

  1. Piero della Francesca, 1415 – 1492
  2. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  3. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  5. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  6. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  7. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  8. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642

Piero della Francesca and Michelangelo 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 Piero della Francesca and Michelangelo were born

Piero della Francesca and Michelangelo 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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