In Old Norse mythology, Baldr, the son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg, was slain with a mistletoe spear. Some interpretations suggest that, “kissing under the mistletoe symbolizes forgiveness, ...

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A tiny 5-inch red-chalk sketch of a man's foot is now linked to Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling. Auction house Christie's says it could fetch at least $2 million, becoming the most expensive ...

Simply sign up to the Aerospace & Defence myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Italy’s Leonardo is set to unveil a new type of air-defence technology designed to facilitate the creation of ...

A newly attributed drawing by Michelangelo—identified as a study for the Sistine Chapel ceiling at the Vatican—will go under the hammer at Christie’s New York next February. The five-inch tall, red ...

A 5-inch chalk sketch of a man’s right foot could fetch at least $2 million after Christie’s auction house linked it to Michelangelo’s ceiling in the Sistine Chapel. The tiny drawing of the bare foot ...

The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one? Various books and research ...

When Giada Damen, an expert in Christie’s Old Master drawings department, received an unsolicited photograph via the auction house’s “Request an Auction Estimate” online service, she could never have ...