Julien Stock on Discovering a New Michelangelo

Published: Sept. 5, 2018, 8:15 a.m.

In the late 1990s, Old Master drawings expert Julien Stock made an incredible discovery\u2014a previously unknown Michelangelo drawing. Hiding in an unmarked book at England\u2019s Castle Howard, the study of a mourning woman from early in Michelangelo\u2019s career had not been seen for generations. This drawing is now part of the Getty Museum\u2019s collection. In this episode, Stock tells the story of this discovery and the process of verifying the authenticity of his remarkable find.