The painting is part of a series of frescoes that cover the walls and ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.

Led by forensic pathologist Andreas G. Nerlich of Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, a team of international experts propose that Michelangelo's fresco "The Flood" in the Sistine Chapel portrays ...

A hidden detail in Michelangelo’s "The Flood" may reveal a woman with breast cancer, adding a shocking twist to the iconic Sistine Chapel masterpiece.

For centuries, the faithful and the curious have crowded to gaze up at the Sistine Chapel's ceiling in awe of Michelangelo ...

A diverse team of experts is arguing that Michelangelo painted one woman in the Sistine Chapel with breast cancer, for ...

The fact modern doctors can recognize it reveals Michelangelo’s extraordinary capacity for and dedication to anatomical accuracy.

The woman who wears a blue shawl — a sign she is married — is located on the right side of his fresco, “The Flood,” which ...

Experts suggest that Michelangelo, famed for his detailed depictions of the human form, may have included something ...

Experts suggest that Michelangelo, famed for his detailed depictions of the human form, may have included something unexpected in his fresco The Flood: the portrayal of breast cancer. One of art ...

Researchers at the University of Paris-Saclay have noticed signs of breast cancer in a woman depicted in a work by the High Renaissance and early Baroque genius Michelangelo Buonarroti. An unexpected ...