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Delicate charcoal drawings that some experts have attributed to Michelangelo are seen on the walls of a room used to store coal until 1955 inside Florence's Medici Chapel

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Video. Take a look at Michelangelo's possible sketches in a hidden chamber

Updated: 01/11/2023 - 13:01 GMT+1

A hidden chamber, containing sketches many have attributed to Italian Renaissance master, Michelangelo, during his escape from a death sentence by Pope Clement VII, will soon open to the public.

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