A pair of recent papers claim that Michelangelo hid references to female reproductive organs in his work. But did he even know what those would look like?

The tiny space sits beneath the Medici Chapels in Florence, where Michelangelo sculpted intricate tombs for members of the Medici family behind the church of San Lorenzo in the Sagrestia Nuova, or ...

The tiny space sits beneath the Medici Chapels in Florence, where Michelangelo sculpted intricate tombs for members of the Medici family behind the church of San Lorenzo in the Sagrestia Nuova, or ...

Self-taught at age 40, the Florentine artist spent the second half of his life designing projects like the Laurentien Library and Sagrestia Nuova for the Medicis in Florence.

The first chapel, the Sagrestia Nuova, was designed by Michelangelo in the early 1520s to entomb four members of the influential Medici family - although only two tombs were finished.