A rare collection of sketches by Michelangelo, made in preparation for painting the Vatican's Sistine Chapel ceiling, is on display in the United States. The Muscarelle Museum of Art at the ...

The pen-and-ink sketch, which is just a few lines ... the catalog had mentioned a scrap of paper “believed to be in Michelangelo’s hand.” Experts confirmed the scrap’s authenticity ...

The Renaissance master, born 550 years ago, pursued various art forms with astonishing vision and relentless drive.

William & Mary’s Muscarelle Museum of Art presents an illuminating exhibition of the Renaissance master’s drawings for the ...

Of the hundreds of drawings Michelangelo is thought to have created ... A pen and ink drawing of a hand looks like the right arm of God as it is in the chapel ceiling’s famous central panel ...

The preparatory sketches here give an idea how he worked ... and she pushes away St Joseph with one strong hand, while Christ and St John the Baptist shelter under her skirts.

Michelangelo never intended to publicly display any of his preparatory drawings. In fact, shortly before his death in 1564, he destroyed most of them. As such, fewer than 50 Sistine Chapel ...