Not only of painting and sculpture lived the brilliant Italian Michelangelo. Between sculpting wonders such as Pietà and the statue of David, painting extraordinary things like the Sistine Chapel, making some basic poetry and even acting as an architect, the artist also needed to feed - after all, empty sack is not standing! And did you know that a museum in Italy still keeps a shopping list that Michelangelo made about 500 years ago? Take a look!

Comidinhas (Wikimedia Commons / Michelangelo / Public Domain)

According to Anne Ewbank of the Atlas Obscura website, the list was annotated by Michelangelo on the back of a letter and is now part of the collection at the Casa Buonarroti museum in Florence. According to Anne, the relationship (which carries a series of foods) was designed so that one of the master's servants went shopping and consists of several handwritten lines accompanied by short illustrations - since the servant was probably illiterate.

Banquet

The shopping list lists a number of things Michelangelo wanted to eat over three meals - and the artist must be very hungry! Among the illustrations that the Italian created, it is possible to identify bread, fish, vegetables and wine so that the servant would not forget which items he should obtain, and included a written relationship that we assumed was for the sale owner to read.

Look at the full list (Wikimedia Commons / Michelangelo / Public Domain)

More specifically, among other things, Michelangelo wanted his servant to buy several rolls - which are the small circles he drew on paper - anchovies, herring, dried wine (did you notice the jars the Italian made?), Some vegetables and tortelli, a type of pasta traditional from the regions of Tuscany, Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna and reminiscent of ravioli.

And did you notice that Michelangelo didn't include red meat on the list? According to Anne, the letter that served as the paper for the relationship is dated March 18, 1518, which means that it is possible that the artist was thinking of starvation menus during Lent, during which time the most devout Christians do not eat meat.

Here's a picture of genius (Wikimedia Commons / Daniele da Volterra / Public Domain)

Regarding the document, according to Anne, in 1518 Michelangelo, who was 43 years old, had already completed some of his most famous works - including the three we mentioned at the beginning of the article, Pietà, David and the Sistine Chapel. This was also the year he unfortunately decided to burn many of his sketches.

In fact, it is surprising that something as banal as a simple shopping list survived, considering that Michelangelo ordered most of his papers and drawings to be burned before his death in 1564. For the relationship is between about 600 sketches that still exist of the artist and therefore is among the well-kept rarities of his own.