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Even geniuses can have rough patches. One of Michelangelo’s major works, a huge bronze statue of Pope Julius II, was destroyed only three years after it was completed. And then the bronze was melted ...

Frankfurt’s Staedel Museum acquired a portrait of Pope Julius II that it says is an original by Raphael and his workshop. Previously thought to be a copy, it failed to sell at auction for $10,700 in ...

"When people think about Michelangelo, they first and foremost think of the Sistine ceiling. Then they probably remember, 'Oh yeah, he did the David and the Pietà.' They realize, 'OK. He's a painter ...