"I read about it in the news and decided I must come to see it. I've read all the cynical comments and comparisons to Cristo della Minerva, the Michelangelo statue in another Rome church. They say this bust isn't the artist's style. But perhaps they were made in different periods of his life and so in my humble opinion, this is a Michelangelo too."
"Salerno, a fiction author and actor, is the first to admit she is not an art historian. Neither did she finish university. But, she said, her three years at law school were very useful because they equipped her with the skill and tenacity to read these notary acts, wills and inventories with a legal eye."
A marble bust of Christ the Saviour at Sant'Agnese fuori le mura church in Rome has become the subject of significant attention following researcher Valentina Salerno's claim that newly discovered documents link it to Michelangelo. The sculpture, installed in the church since 1590, has drawn steady streams of visitors and sparked discussion in the art world. Salerno, an independent researcher with a background in law rather than art history, has spent over a decade examining Italian and Vatican archives to uncover details about Michelangelo's final years. Her announcement coincided with a high-profile Christie's auction where a sketch attributed to Michelangelo sold for 16.9 million pounds, intensifying interest in Michelangelo attributions.
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