In 1507 his friend, Agnolo Doni, ordered a beautiful portrait of the Holy Family. Michelangelo used especially vibrant colours to achieve both complex perspective and an unusually touching intimacy.

Like Michelangelo’s masterpiece ... “I wanted to enfranchise all of these characters and have it be almost the Holy Family.” Only in this Christmas scene, father and child do not like ...

And it’s starting off with a bang: an encrypted Michelangelo painting of the holy family, Doni Tondo (1505–06), just sold for €140,000 ($170,000). The museum will split the proceeds with ...

(ANSA) - Florence, January 28 - Michelangelo's The Holy Family, the famous round painting that resides in the Uffizi Gallery, has found a new home in the Florence institution. The work, which has ...

As his career escalated, Michelangelo became a hard-nosed businessman and by the time of his death had become one of the wealthiest men in Italy. In 1507 his friend, Agnolo Doni, ordered a beautiful ...