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Enthroned figure with a bearded face in a facade sketch for San Petronio, Bologna – plausibly a depiction of Pope Julius II.

Source: Rothschild Album I, fol. 12, Paris, Musée du Louvre, Département des arts graphiciquesDating: c. 1506–1507Format: Architectural sketch with figures Drawing of the facade of basilica San Petronio in Bologna…

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13. August 2025

Detail Cingulum des Modells Papst Julius II. Foto: Robert Schittko

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Pope, Power, Rope: Why Julius II Wore a Symbol of Poverty

An iconographic detail between asceticism, symbolic politics, and staging a liturgical vestment, one can see a simple, multi-stranded rope around the waist of a sculpture that represents Pope Julius II.But…

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22. May 2025

Detail of the clasp of the model Pope Julius II. Photo: Robert Schittko

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The Clasp of Power – How a Small Detail Tells an Entire Image of the Pope

An art-historical look at an overlooked fragment of papal pictorial policy during the High Renaissance. More than a Detail In the center of the chest. Almost inconspicuous. A winged angel's…

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22. May 2025

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

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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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12. May 2025

Drawing of the facade of basilica San Petronio in Bologna (Rothschild Album I, p.12, Paris, Musée de Louvre, Départment des arts graphiques)

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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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8. May 2025

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

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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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5. March 2025