A London exhibition shows how the three painters circled one another as rivals and role models in 16th-century Florence.

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

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