Ghirlandaio’s drawing of Jupiter Enthroned could have easily reached Michelangelo, who started working at his studio in 1487, at age 12. Michelangelo became an apprentice in 1488, and left in 1490.

Art historian Margrit Lisner attributes the slenderness of Jesus’s form to the patrons’ wishes, ... Michelangelo, Moses (ca. 1513–15), for the Tomb of Julius II.

Michelangelo’s Moses has more in common with C.S. Lewis’s Mr. Tumnus than the casual viewer might expect—namely, a couple of stubby horns.Michelangelo wasn’t the first artist to depict the ...

Why did Michelangelo sculpt Moses with horns?. L'Unione Sarda English - L'Unione Sarda English ...

Art historians investigate strange inconsistencies in Michelangelo's famous Moses More than 500 ago, Michelangelo Buonarroti was the darling of the Catholic Church, commissioned to create many of ...

If you ever wanted to own a Michelangelo, now is your chance. On April 17, Christie’s is auctioning off one of the Italian master’s drawings tagged with the estimate of $6,000 to 8,000—a ...

Over the decades, the drawing has been loaned as a Michelangelo work to exhibitions in Japan, Canada, China and, most recently, the United States, where it was included in the Metropolitan Museum ...