The Lost Michelangelos
Antonio Forcellino
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Description for The Lost Michelangelos
Hardback. * This book tells the remarkable story of the discovery of two lost paintings by Michelangelo D one held in a private collection in the US and the other held by an Oxford college. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Translated by Lucinda Byatt
Translated by Lucinda Byatt
This book tells the remarkable story of a rare discovery: the uncovering of two lost paintings by the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo.
Like many stories of artistic loss, this one begins in a library in Italy, where Antonio Forcellino - a distinguished Michelangelo scholar and restorer - stumbled across some unpublished letters among the papers of Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga, son of Isabella d’Este and an extremely important figure in the Italian Renaissance. These letters comment on the paintings of Michelangelo in a way that is completely at odds with what was to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745652030
SKU
V9780745652030
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About Antonio Forcellino
Antonio Forcellino is an art historian and restorer. As a leading scholar of the Renaissance and a recognised expert on Michelangelo, Forecellino was responsible for the restoration of Michelangelo's Moses and the Piccolomini altar in Siena.
Reviews for The Lost Michelangelos
"As much a story about the intransigence of the art establishment and the gaps in its tradition-bound methods for considering authentication claims as it is about the ultimate fate of the painting itself." New York Times "An art mystery for the ages." New York Post "An unlikely and rather miraculous piece of art ... Read more