The lost Michelangelos / Antonio Forcellino ; translated by Lucinda Byatt
Imprint
Cambridge : Polity, 2011
Descript
viii, 181 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm
SUMMARY
A Michelangelo scholar and restorer tells the story of his discovery of two lost paintings by the great Renaissance artist, Michelangelo: "Pietà for Vittoria Colonna" and "Cavalieri Crucifixion."
CONTENT
Niagara -- Mantua, 11 June 1546 -- Separating fact from fiction -- A movable panel painting -- Isabel Archer -- The meeting -- The wax seals -- On the flight from New York -- The Bishop of Montefalco -- The melancholic exile -- The last survivor -- Ragusa, 1573 -- The Madonna's teeth -- The hidden drawing -- The stone city -- Tempestivo's funeral -- The island of Šipan -- Oxford -- Back to Buffalo -- The restoration -- Pentimenti