Febo di Poggio

Febo di Poggio was an Italian model, 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 puns on his surname "del Poggio" which means "of the hill." This is clearly seen in the first stanza:

I truly should, so happy was my lot, While Phoebus was inflaming all the hill, Have risen from the earth while I was able, Using his feathers and thus make my dying sweet.

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 when he states: