A major restoration reveals a bit more about the myth of Michelangelo's sculpture "The Deposition" known as the "Bandini Pietà." Did he destroy it or not?
It was to be the sculpture that would adorn Michelangelo's tomb, or at least that was the artist's plan. He began working on the Pieta in 1547, while in his 70s, only.
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