The story goes that in 1496, when he was a young unknown, Michelangelo (or his dealer) took his new sculpture of Cupid, buried it to age it, and sold it to a Cardinal as an antiquity. He did get caught, but …
The story goes that in 1496, when he was a young unknown, Michelangelo (or his dealer) took his new sculpture of Cupid, buried it to age it, and sold it to a Cardinal as an antiquity. He did get caught, but …