Michelangelo expert William E. Wallace comments on the attribution of an “ugly” drawing on the verso of the famous drawing of Cleopatra by the Renaissance great. 

Here is the video I mentioned about Michelangelo’s reformist beliefs and the tomb of Pope Julius II produced by U.S. Public Broadcasting:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/episodes/michelangelo-revealed/226/

Sorry I could not figure out how to embed it.

A forgotten painting by Anthony van Dyck has been rediscovered.

The object at the Bowes Museum.

Restoration of the early 15th century French “Prayers in the Orchard” reveals previously unknown figures of the donor/dedicatee Louis d’Orleans (regent of France) and Saint Agnes under a layer of brown paint.