Experts have identified a small study of a pointed foot made in red chalk as an original drawing by Michelangelo. The Italian Renaissance master sketched the appendage around 1511 or 1512 while ...

The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one? Various books and research ...

Someone, somewhere on the US West Coast, casually uploaded a photo of an old sketch to Christie’s online portal, just hoping to get an auction estimate. What came back was not a polite range or a ...