The sculpted buttock of a slave bears a fingerprint which could confirm the model was produced by Renaissance artist Michelangelo.
Experts at the Victoria and Albert Museum found a thumb and fingerprint on the small wax figure, A Slave, after it was moved to protect it from warm temperatures last spring.
The model, which experts have long believed was created by Michelangelo, was put into cold storage in the museum s basement before being examined.
It is thought the print appeared because a change in temperature or humidity altered the chemical composition of the wax.
The sculpted buttock of a slave bears a fingerprint which could confirm the model was produced by Renaissance artist Michelangelo. Experts at the Victoria and Albert Museum found a thumb and fingerprint on the small wax figure, A Slave, after it was moved to protect it from warm temperatures last spring
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