A drawing a British man paid less than £1,000 for is set to sell for £2million after it was confirmed to be the earliest-known sketch by Michelangelo. The drawing, entitled ‘Study of Jupiter ...

Michelangelo was known for his solitary nature and intense focus. He never married, and dedicated his life to his art. His letters reveal a man of deep emotion, often oscillating between bouts of ...

Museum exhibitions of his work routinely draw crowds ... to visit the Sistine Chapel every day. Michelangelo could also protest that he was an old man—and he was. In an era when most people ...

a young man with whom judging by the wall texts Michelangelo was clearly besotted, lack the vitality of the working studies. When Michelangelo senses an audience watching, his drawings can become ...

While Michelangelo is said to have created hundreds, if not thousands, of drawings before committing ... as The Creation of Adam and The Fall of Man. Shortly before he died in 1564, the Italian ...

The man who always signed his name “Michelangelo ... were arguably the greatest works of Renaisssance art. As his career escalated, Michelangelo became a hard-nosed businessman and by the ...