Michelangelo's last sketch found

| Fri, 12/07/2007 - 05:43

Michelangelo's last sketch foundA previously unknown
drawing by Michelangelo, believed to be his last work, has
been found in the Vatican.

The work is a sketch of part of the new St Peter's the
Renaissance genius was building, Vatican daily l'Osservatore
Romano said.

It will be unveiled on Monday.

The partial design of one of the columns in St Peter's
dome is believed to have been the artist's last drawing,
l'Osservatore said.

A probable instruction to stone quarriers, it was
sketched in 1563, a year before Michelangelo died at the age
of 89.

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