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

The elaboration of the back of Michelangelo’s Julius II sculpture

The back of this wooden sculpture by Michelangelo shows traces of carving and is deliberately unfinished - another trademark of his style. This "roughly left" back gives the figure a…

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