Thursday, December 6, 2007

Vatican finds lost Michelangelo drawing

Philip Pullella
Reuters
Dec 6, 2007


"The Vatican said on Thursday it had discovered a lost drawing by Renaissance master Michelangelo of a design for the dome of St. Peter's Basilica.

The Vatican newspaper l'Osservatore Romano said the small drawing, done in the spring of 1563 when Michelangelo was 88, was believed to be his last known sketch before he died the next year..."

To read more...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071206/wl_nm/vatican_michelangelo_dc

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