The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one?

The study by Michelangelo for his Sistine Chapel murals had been passed down through several generations of an anonymous ...

The red-chalk image, which currently belongs to an anonymous seller from Northern California, is expected to become the most ...

The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain.

There has always been a tension between art and commerce. Wealthy patrons commissioned works of art, and even though profit ...

The Sistine Chapel Experience announced that one of its partners, producer Gary Lucchesi, received the prestigious Ordine al ...

Michelangelo, the Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the Renaissance, is one of the most influential artists ...

A five-inch-tall red chalk drawing of a foot, said to be by Michelangelo (1475–1564), will be offered for sale at Christie's ...

A dusty painting sitting under a garage workbench just traded places — straight into the Renaissance big leagues with a price ...

For centuries, millions have traveled to Rome to gaze upward in awe at Michelangelo’s breathtaking ceiling inside the Sistine Chapel. Yet for most visitors, the ...

ANYONE who has ever gazed up in awe at the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel can be left in no doubt that Michelangelo was a ...

The work, which depicts the Madonna and Child, is believed to be by 15th century painter Pietro Vannucci, who in his lifetime ...