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 [...]
Michelangelo makes an appearance in his own final painting
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 3 July, 2009 to the design and art subset
Michelangelo didn’t just paint frescos on church ceilings
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 15 May, 2009 to the design and art subset
A Texas museum has bought one of Renaissance artist Michelangelo’s few panel paintings, “The Torment of Saint Anthony”, a work he created when he was about 13 years old.
The museum declined to disclose how much it paid for “The Torment of Saint Anthony,” a 15th-century oil and tempera painting on a wood panel that depicts [...]
