Michelangelo’s fingerprint possibly found on 500-year-old sculpture

Published July 24, 2021 1:00pm ET



A fingerprint of the legendary artist Michelangelo may have survived on a 500-year-old wax model.

The discovery was announced on the season two premiere of the BBC documentary Secrets of the Museum, which premiered Tuesday. The 7-inch tall wax model, which was created around 1516 and dubbed A Slave, is housed in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, known as the V&A.

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