Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sonnet V (to Giovanni da Pistoia) with a caricature of the artist standing, painting a figure on the ceiling over his head, c. 1510. Pen and ink, 11 x 7" “To Giovanni da Pistoia When the Author Was Painting the Vault of the Sistine Chapel,” 1509. Casa Buonarroti, Florence, Italy. Photo: Studio Fotografico Quattrone, Florence.