the tragic moment of the Virgin Mary taking Jesus down from the cross. Actually, that undersells de Billheres’s request. Michelangelo’s exact job description for the project was to create ...

In the final drawing the flanking saints are gone, leaving only Jesus, facing oblivion alone on the cross. What a way for an artist to go out. ‘Michelangelo: the last decades’ is on from 2 May ...

A "hidden message" has been unearthed in one of ... image of Jesus in the artwork. She contends: "The figure ... in the ...