The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge says that the bronze sculptures, known as the Rothschild Bronzes and dating from the 1500s, were probably created just after the famed artist’s David and just before he painted the ceiling of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. The museum and researchers at the University of Cambridge say they have “compelling evidence” that the works, attributed to a Dutch sculptor, are actually from Michelangelo.
If so, they are the only surviving Michelangelo bronzes in the world, says the museum.
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Though the museum is confident of the works’ origins, research is continuing, and results will be presented at a conference in early July.
