A self portrait of Michelangelo has been uncovered during the restoration of the Renaissance artist’s final work, “The crucifixion of Saint Peter”, and can be seen in the top left hand side of the painting, where the artist portrays himself on horseback, wearing a blue turban.
Maurizio De Luca, the Vatican’s head of paintings restoration, said the finding, possibly the only clear Michelangelo self-portrait in existence, was “extraordinary and moving”, and was given extra poignancy by appearing in the artist’s last painted work.
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