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The "Two Wrestlers" by Michelangelo

Small exhibition at the Capitoline Museum in Rome to mark the loan to the museum of a terracotta ‘sketch’ of two wrestlers by the Casa Buonarroti in Florence. The small sculpture was displayed in the middle of a beautiful room under heavy security. You were able to walk all the way round and study it in detail. There was a fascinating video on how it was packed and unpacked. I would have liked to see a bit more background information putting the work into context. It was displayed as a beautiful thing.