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Comment | I bought a Michelangelo—and took it on an Easyjet flight to get it home

When I acquired a sculpture of Christ (OK, not an actual Michelangelo), it was cheaper to go to Madrid and collect it than have it shipped

Bendor Grosvenor
25 September 2025
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Michelangelo was preoccupied by the subject of the crucifixion, depicting it in both drawing and sculpture. This small, damaged piece in an online auction in Spain was said to be from a cast based on a model by the great artist

Bendor Grosvenor
Art & Technologyarchive
1 March 1999

Michelangelo's sculptures transported into the digital age with new scanning technology

Stanford University works to create computer models of all of the master's sculptural works

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