Michelangelo in action!

September 6 2022

Picture: TAN

Here's a nice story, the author James Hall has discovered in a 15th C copy of Dante's Divine Comedy a sketch (probably) of Michelangelo carving David. Hall was researching his new book, The Artist’s Studio: A Cultural History (Thames & Hudson). More here.

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