This Room Is Thought To Have Been Michelangelo's Secret Hideaway And Drawing Board
Sketches on the walls of a once hidden room of a museum in Florence help shed light on the Renaissance artist's creative process — and on a mysterious and dangerous period in his life.
by Sylvia Poggioli
Jun 03, 2018
2 minutes
It was an art historian's chance discovery of a lifetime. Over 40 years ago, a museum director in Florence, Italy, found a hidden room whose walls were covered in drawings believed to be the work of Michelangelo and his disciples.
Although the drawings are not signed by the master, art experts say some of the sketches in charcoal and chalk are almost certain to be
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