Michelangelo sculpture rediscovered?
Michelangelo`s work - kneeling man sharpening a knife - may have been rediscovered.
Washington: An Italian scholar may have rediscovered a long forgotten work by Michelangelo - a sandstone sculpture of a
Michelangelo sculpture rediscovered?
Michelangelo`s work - kneeling man sharpening a knife - may have been rediscovered.
Washington: An Italian scholar may have rediscovered a long forgotten work by Michelangelo - a sandstone sculpture of a kneeling man sharpening a knife.
The powerful 3.65 feet high sculpture is a copy of a marble statue known as the “Arrotino” (the Blade-Sharpener) on display at the Uffizi gallery in Florence.
“The sandstone Arrotino lacks of the nose and two left fingers. At a first look, this made me suspicious: Nose-missing statues are often forgeries. This was a known expedient to give a 