'The man in this sketch looks like the mysterious man on the Palazzo Vecchio,' he said. Andriano, who discovered an early Michelangelo sketch of the Sistine Chapel, said he is convinced the artist was hinting to the drawing's counterpart chiselled into the wall of Florence's town hall. William Wallace, an art historian at Washington University in St. Louis, is excited by the prospect of a new Michelangelo piece of work being found. John Cunnally, art historian at Iowa State University, described the drawing as 'crude and amateurish', which wasn't in the style of Michelangelo. He added: 'The portrait on Palazzo Vecchio’s wall, allegedly by Michelangelo, is already in good company.'

Source: Daily Mail November 13, 2020 17:54 UTC