Michelangelo's "Secret Room" Opens in Italy
Beneath the New Sacristy of the Medici Chapels in the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence lies a small room known as Michelangelo's "secret room". It was found in 1975, when charcoal and red chalk sketches attributed to the great master were discovered under layers of plaster. The room is about 10 metres long, 3 metres wide and 2.5 metres high.
Michelangelo is believed to have hidden here for several weeks in 1530 from the anger of the Medici family and Pope Clement VII after the fall of the Florentine Republic. The drawings on the walls show how the artist worked and which images were on his mind at the time.
The room opened to visitors on 15 November 2023. Because the drawings are fragile, access is strictly limited: small groups of a few people, a short visit and advance booking on the website of the Bargello Museums, which include the Medici Chapels.
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