A former coal cellar the place the nice Renaissance artist Michelangelo is assumed to have hidden to flee from a livid pope will open to the general public on November 15, a museum in Florence mentioned on Tuesday.
Michelangelo’s “secret room” is positioned contained in the Museum of the Medici Chapels and incorporates charcoal sketches of human figures which have been attributed to the artist, who is claimed to have taken refuge there in 1530.
The small room, 10 metres lengthy, three metres extensive and 2-1/2 metres excessive on the high of the vault, was used to retailer coal at one level earlier than it was rediscovered throughout renovation work in 1975.
Paolo Dal Poggetto, then-director of the Museum of the Medici Chapels, attributed lots of the drawings discovered on the partitions to Michelangelo, though others have since disputed this.
Dal Poggetto believed the artist had taken refuge within the room after falling foul of Pope Clement VII.
Small guided teams of 4 individuals will be capable to go to the room from November 15 for a most of quarter-hour. Tickets will value 20 euros ($21.20) per particular person, on high of the ten euros charged for entry to the principle museum.
“The limited number of visitors per time slot is due to the need to alternate periods of exposure to LED light with extended periods of darkness,” the museum mentioned.
The room is accessed by way of a cramped and slim stairway and the variety of weekly guests shall be capped at 100 individuals.
