A small wax statue may have brought us closer than ever to Michelangelo, after museum experts found what they believe to be the Renaissance master’s fingerprint – or thumbprint – pressed into the ...

(SOUNDBITE) (Italian) DIRECTOR OF RESTORATION PROJECT, BEATRICE AGOSTINI, SAYING: "It's a Pieta that has suffered and is very intimate. There is definitely a strong feeling of Michelangelo because it ...

Museum curators hadn't noticed the print until now. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A 500-year-old wax sculpture attributed to ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Lakewood Church is now home to a rare reproduction of one of Michelangelo's masterpieces. The Pieta sculpture was gifted to Joel and Victoria Osteen by benefactors Richard and ...

A marble statue widely attributed to Michelangelo is being loaned to New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art by the French government. The “Young Archer” is not traveling far; it’s making its way ...

FLORENCE, Italy — Visitors flocked to see Michelangelo's David sculpture in Florence on Tuesday, following an uproar over a Florida school's decision to force the resignation of the principal over ...

FLORENCE, Italy, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The restoration of Michelangelo's famed Pieta dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence has revealed that the single block of marble from which the masterpiece was sculpted ...

The Victoria & Albert Museum in London claims that a fingerprint from Michelangelo was found on one of his statues. Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images Experts at a London museum believe they’ve found ...