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Lasting fascination with the artist means that Michelangelo fans looking for their fix rarely have to wait long before a ...
The drawings are augmented by related artworks and artifacts, including Giuliano Bugiardini’s oil “Portrait of Michelangelo” (1522); prints by Giorgio Ghisi, Francesco Barbazza and Gustavo ...
Michelangelo Buonarotti was one of the key figures of the Italian Renaissance and art history. Equally gifted as a painter ...
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.
COMMENTARY: It’s worth noting that the Pauline Chapel, one of three in the Apostolic Palace, is pictured in the Holy Father’s ...
Michelangelo Buonarroti, “ Self-portrait in the act of painting the Sistine ceiling with autograph sonnet” (c. 1509–10) (image courtesy Casa Buonarroti, Archivio Buonarroti | Florence ...