The lost Michelangelos
By: Antonio Forcellino ; translated by Lucinda Byatt
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780745652030; 9780745652047
Subjects: Authorship; Criticism and interpretation
Work titles: Pietà perduta
Description: 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."
Table of contents: title: Niagara; title: Mantua, 11 June 1546; title: Separating fact from fiction; title: A movable panel painting; title: Isabel Archer; title: The meeting; title: The wax seals; title: On the flight from New York; title: The Bishop of Montefalco; title: The melancholic exile; title: The last survivor; title: Ragusa, 1573; title: The Madonna's teeth; title: The hidden drawing; title: The stone city; title: Tempestivo's funeral; title: The island of Šipan; title: Oxford; title: Back to Buffalo; title: The restoration; title: Pentimenti.