Febo di Poggio was an
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model
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, affiliated with the Renaissance artist Michelangelo.
References in Michelangelo's poetry
In Michelangelo's poetry ''G.99'', he alludes to Febo as
Phoebus and further
pun
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s on his
surname
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"del Poggio" which means "of the hill." This is clearly seen in the first stanza:
Furthermore, Michelangelo shows his grief with Febo when he states in the second stanza:
The allusion of the bird is further re-iterated in the third stanza or the start of sextet:
Michelangelo was so affected by Febo that he ends the poem with references to classical death:
In the poem ''G.100'', Michelangelo alludes to Poggio as
Apollo
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when he states:
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Year of birth missing
16th-century deaths