The Michelangelo Sculpture That Was Sold for Scrap

Michelangelo’s 11-foot bronze statue of Pope Julius II became a casualty of a 16th-century power struggle in Bologna. All that survives of it today is a rough sketch.

Allison McNearney

Published Jan. 5 2018 10:46PM EST 

Allison McNearney

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