Fra Francesco knight of Malta reason with the Great Teacher

The double-portrait depicts Francesco Buonarroti, dressed by Knight of Malta, while shows a writing to Antonio di Paola, Great Teacher of the order Gerosolimitano. Francesco, Michelangelo’s the Younger brother, was a man of great culture and precisely thanks to his qualities had been appointed secretary of the italian language by the Gran Teacher of the order Gerosolimitano.