Michelangelo made sculptures.
David ( [ ˈdaːvid ] ) is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504 by Michelangelo . Michelangelo . He sculpted two of his best-known works , the Pietà and David , before the age of thirty . The Pietà ( [ pjeˈta ] , The Pity 1498 -- 1499 ) is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti , housed in St. Peter 's Basilica , Vatican City .