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

A man from the US West Coast reached out to Christie's to understand the value of an inherited drawing; turns out it was a ...

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.

Damen then linked the drawing from California to a sheet of studies for the Libyan Sibyl on the Sistine ceiling housed at the ...

A previously unknown study by Michelangelo, tied directly to the Sistine Chapel ceiling will go under the hammer at ...

A tiny 5-inch red-chalk sketch of a man's foot is now linked to Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling. Auction house Christie ...

The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican owes its name to Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84) who commissioned it. The three-storey brick building was created to serve as a space for meetings of the papal court. It was ...

The Florentine artist spent four years painting the challenging chapel against his will, but would have much rather been sculpting - Lucas Schifres/Getty Images Contributor Michelangelo never wanted ...

Gary Lucchesi and his production partner James Youner were a central figure in enabling the Sistine Chapel Experience, a ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Oct. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition®, the renowned touring exhibition that has welcomed over 3 million visitors worldwide , makes its ...