The artist is thought to have sequestered in the vault beneath the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence for two months to avoid the wrath of Pope Clement VII. by Maya Pontone November 2, 2023 ...

Michelangelo is believed to have hidden in this room for about two months, from September to October 1530, with the support of Giovan Battista Figiovanni, the prior of the Basilica di San Lorenzo ...

This picture taken on June 10, 2013, shows drawings believed to be by renaissance master Michelangelo in the secret room under the new sacristy of the Medici chapel in the Basilica di San Lorenzo ...

Michelangelo was commissioned to design the New Sacristy, located among the Medici Chapels in Florence’s San Lorenzo church, in 1520.

Hidden beneath the Medici Chapels in the Basilica di San Lorenzo, the space was uncovered 42 years ago and subsequently closed off for preservation purposes—until now.

The mayor of Florence wants to resurrect Michelangelo’s plans for a façade for the famous San Lorenzo Basilica. The idea has sparked an uproar among art historians and residents alike.

FLORENCE, Italy -- Standing majestically in its alcove in this Tuscan city's Gallery of the Accademia, Michelangelo's David is the marble embodiment of physical perfection, a biblical figure as a ...

Nearly 500 years after Florence ditched Michelangelo’s grand design for the exterior of San Lorenzo Basilica, the city’s mayor wants to finally realise the artist’s vision.

The poet, an obscure contemporary of Michelangelo’s, was trying to describe one of the seven figures which the sculptor had carved for the Medici Chapel in Florence’s Church of San Lorenzo.