Michelangelo suffered from arthritis in his later years, with doctors studying portraits of the sculptor and painter finding deformities in the joints of his left hand consistent with osteoarthritis.

From the confidence of Moses to the sorrow of Mother Mary ... some of the most iconic sculptures ever created. Another iconic Michelangelo sculpture is of ‘David’, the Biblical hero who ...

The paintings display that Michelangelo's small joints in his left hand underwent degenerative changes that commonly result from arthritis. When they looked at earlier portraits, the artist's ...

After five years of restoration, Michelangelo's nearly 500-year-old sculpture of Moses is looking as good as new. Restorers in the Italian capital have been quietly working away on the majestic ...

Italian scientists believe that extensive hammering and chiselling carried out by Michelangelo when creating masterpieces such as David was responsible for leaving his hands deformed in later life.