Michelangelo malitere ịgbanwe mgbe ọdịda nke onye ndú ya, onye nchụàjà na-emegide Renaissance bụ Girolamo Savonarola, onye e gburu na 1498, na ịrị elu nke gonfaloniere Piero Soderini. Ndị consuls nke Guild of Wool jụrụ Michelangelo ka ha mezue ọrụ a na-agwụbeghị nke Agostino di Duccio malitere afọ 40 tupu mgbe ahụ: nnukwu ihe oyiyi nke Carrara marble na-ese onyinyo David dị ka ihe nnọchianya nke nnwere onwe Florentine ka a ga-etinye ya na gable nke Katidral Florence. Michelangelo zaghachiri site na imecha ọrụ ya kachasị ama, ihe oyiyi nke David, na 1504. Onye isi ọrụ ahụ gosipụtara n'ụzọ doro anya na ọ bụ onye a ma ama dị ka onye na-ese ihe osise nke ike na ike nke echiche efu. Otu ìgwè nke ndị na-ese ihe osise, gụnyere Leonardo da Vinci na Leonardo da Vinci, bịara na-akpọ Michelangelo ka ha mezue ọrụ ya na-adịghị agwụ agwụ nke Agostino di Duccio malitere afọ 40 tupu mgbe ahụ: nnukwu ihe oyiyi nke Carrara marble na
Agostino di Duccio