The margins of a 15th century copy of Dante’s Divine Comedy bear a tiny sketch of something remarkable: Michelangelo carving his iconic statue of David. So says historian James Hall in a new book.
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bear a tiny sketch of something remarkable: Michelangelo carving his iconic statue of David. So says historian James Hall, who makes the claim in a new book. “I briefly saw this amazing drawing at [a] lecture. I wondered if I might include it in my book. After several months, I suddenly thought that a lot of the pieces of the jigsaw seem to fit Michelangelo,” Hall told The Art Newspaper. Who made the drawing is in doubt, and there’s a dispute over who owned the copy of the book.
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