Read more about the article A lost masterpiece returns – but where does it belong? Bologna or a safe?
Michelangelo's lost masterpiece - sculpture Pope Julius II. photo: Robert Schittko

A lost masterpiece returns – but where does it belong? Bologna or a safe?

A colorful linden wood sculpture depicting Pope Julius II enthroned and attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti is causing international excitement. It is suspected that the sculpture is the lost model of…

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Read more about the article The Forgotten Masterpiece of Bologna: Michelangelo’s Lost Bronze Statue of Julius II
Drawing of the facade of basilica San Petronio in Bologna (Rothschild Album I, p.12, Paris, Musée de Louvre, Départment des arts graphiques)

The Forgotten Masterpiece of Bologna: Michelangelo’s Lost Bronze Statue of Julius II

A Statue Above Bologna – And Then Gone For more than three years, a magnificent bronze statue of Pope Julius II, created by Michelangelo, stood proudly above the main portal…

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Michelangelo's lost masterpiece - sculpture Pope Julius II. photo: Robert Schittko

Happy Birthday, Michelangelo!

On March 6, 2025, the birthday of Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) will mark its 550th anniversary. Fittingly, a recent discovery is making waves in the art world just in time for…

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Read more about the article Believed Lost: Why This Model May Actually Be by Michelangelo
Dr. Robert Bock and Klaus Rössler with Pope Julius II Photo: Edda Rössler

Believed Lost: Why This Model May Actually Be by Michelangelo

A previously unknown, limewood model of Pope Julius II is currently stirring the art history world—ironically just before the 550th anniversary of Michelangelo Buonarroti’s birth. It could well be the…

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Read more about the article Sensational Discovery: Michelangelo sculpture of Pope Julius II, thought to be lost, discovered
Michelangelo's lost masterpiece - sculpture Pope Julius II. photo: Robert Schittko

Sensational Discovery: Michelangelo sculpture of Pope Julius II, thought to be lost, discovered

In the year of the 550th birthday of the exceptional artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known as “Michelangelo”, the art world is about to experience a sensation: a 16th-century…

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Read more about the article Michelangelo’s Julius II – press photos
Michelangelo's lost masterpiece - sculpture Pope Julius II. photo: Robert Schittko

Michelangelo’s Julius II – press photos

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