Did your Mom tell you that if you didn't have something good to say about someone don't say anything at all? It was one of my Mom's mantras and it is one of the reasons I was distressed to see this headline: How a forged sculpture boosted Michelangelo's career. You can read all the details HERE. The gist of the story is, at 21, he had the talent and the passion, but not the name necessary to sell his work for a profitable price. He was also working in Florence at the beginning of the Renaissance, when many art collectors were more fascinated by the idea of possessing some of the classical sculptures that were beginning to be unearthed than acquiring contemporary art.
