Michelangelo signed fresco with self-portrait
Jul 1st, 2009
From the Telegraph: Michelangelo signed fresco with self-portrait.
Restorers claim that a bearded man wearing a blue turban in the Crucifixion of St Peter bears a striking resemblance to portraits and bronze busts of the artist.
It’s an extraordinary and moving discovery,said the Vatican’s chief restorer, Maurizio De Luca.The self-portrait is one of three knights on the left-hand top corner of the fresco who wears a lapis lazuli blue turban. His features are very similar to other known portraits of Michelangelo.[continue]