The National Gallery is holding what promises to be an interesting show dedicated to Michelangelo and Sebastiano del Piombo, next year. The Guardian has a report on it, with lots of useful links. One of the star attractions is the Sebastiano del Piombo Pietà, a truly magnificent painting, which will be visiting from Viterbo, and which shows the clear influence of Michelangelo. These cross-overs are always of great interest.
As the article points out, most of Michelangelo’s oeuvre is not very portable, so another star of the show will be his statue of the Risen Christ, another version of which is on permanent display in Santa Maria Sopra Minerva in Rome.
