When a 5-inch-by-4-inch red chalk drawing of a woman’s foot by Michelangelo sold at auction for US$27.2 million on Feb. 5, ...
Under the relentless gaze of St. Peter being crucified upside down, painted by Michelangelo between 1545 and 1550, Pope Leo and the curial cardinals are currently following the sermons of ...
We've all heard the stories of priceless masterpieces hanging in museums or ancient texts carefully preserved behind glass. But what we rarely think about is how close some of these treasures came to ...