The Renaissance master, born 550 years ago, pursued various art forms with astonishing vision and relentless drive.

Now, an exhibition—titled “Michelangelo ... the piece would influence the artist’s Bridgewater Madonna (1507-8), a painting featured nearby in the exhibition. “In the painting, [Raphael ...

A turn of the head then reveals how he put this lesson to good use in The Bridgewater Madonna, an oil painting of the Virgin and Child that recasts Michelangelo’s motif. In the second gallery ...

At the turn of the 16th century, Florence was the scene for "what may have been the ultimate clash of the titans of Western art ... Child alongside Saint Anne and John the Baptist; the ...

To create this Madonna and Child ... starting with Michelangelo's seminal David. The Florentine period marked a turning point in the history of art. The intense rivalry between these masters ...