(ANSA) - Rome, April 21 - A new sketch by Michelangelo went
on show at Rome's Capitoline Museums on Rome's birthday Friday,
Mayor Virginia Raggi announced. The sketch of Isaac was recently
found on the back of the Renaissance genius's famous painting
The Sacrifice of Isaac while the masterpiece was being restored
at Casa Buonarroti in Florence. The show was inaugurated by
Culture Minister Dario Franceschini. Friday was celebrated in
Rome as the 2,770th anniversary of its legendary founding by
Romulus on April 21, 753 BC.
New Michelangelo sketch on show (2)
Found on back of Sacrifice of Isaac