Michelangelo was hired by Piero de’ Medici to make a snowman. It’s recorded by the art historian Giorgio Vasari that “one winter, when a great deal of snow fell in Florence, [Piero de’ Medici] had him make in his courtyard a statue of snow, which was very beautiful”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Michelangelo’s snowman and other great lost works of art | Art | The Guardian