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The great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo ate fish and bread like most everybody else. In his 16th century handwritten list of 15 grocery items with accompanying illustrations, the artist requested fish, bread, two fennel soups, a herring (un aringa), four anchovies, tortelli, and wine (“un bocal di vino”), among other items. He sketched the food items not just for the fun of it, but rather because his servant was illiterate. This grocery list is archived at the Florence museum Casa Buonarroti.
