02-04-2015 16:16 via theguardian.com

Michelangelo work destroyed in Spain's civil war unveiled after restoration

Prado Museum in Madrid displays Young Saint John the Baptist, one of the few Michelangelo works outside Italy, after nearly 20 years of restoration workIt has been bombed, burned and smashed into pieces. Now, after nearly two decades of restoration work, Spain’s only sculpture by Michelangelo is triumphantly on display at the Prado Museum, its turbulent history merely hinted at by cracks and burn marks.Young Saint John the Baptist, one of the few Michelangelo pieces outside of Italy, is though
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