Full Screen 1 / 4 ... Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, photo Claudio Giovannini/CGE A restorer works on one of Michelangelo's Pieta sculpture in Florence, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020.

Art World The Sculpture Michelangelo Made for His Own Tomb Is Getting Its First Major Restoration in Italy—See the Powerful Images Here Restorers are making surprising new discoveries along the way.

Michelangelo’s sculpture known as the Bandini Pieta is displayed in the Opera del Duomo museum after being restored for the first time in around 470 years, in Florence, Italy, on Friday.

FLORENCE, Italy — Michelangelo was an old man when he began working on a sculpture he envisioned for an altar for his own tomb: It was of a marble Pietà, depicting Jesus supported by the Virgin ...

Full Screen 1 / 4 Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, photo Claudio Giovannini/CGE A restorer works on one of Michelangelo's Pieta sculpture in Florence, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020.

Posted: Sep 16, 2020 / 09:13 AM CDT Updated: Sep 16, 2020 / 01:35 PM CDT A restorer works on one of Michelangelo’s Pieta sculpture in Florence, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020.

A restorer works on one of Michelangelo's Pieta sculpture in Florence, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020.

A restoration of one of Michelangelo’s Pieta sculptures has uncovered previously unknown details, including the artist’s tool marks, that had been hidden under centuries of dust and wax.

ASSOCIATED PRESS A restorer works on one of Michelangelo’s Pieta sculpture in Florence, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020.