The revered statue in Italy is not going to dust itself. That’s where Eleonora Pucci comes in. By Elisabetta Povoledo FLORENCE, Italy — Imagine a job that lets you get up close and personal ...

Calling Michelangelo's David iconic is something of an understatement: A monument of art history both literally and figuratively, it is undoubtedly the world's most famous sculpture-and, with a ...

A 26-year-old Michelangelo was commissioned to create this sculpture for the roofline of the Florence cathedral in the summer of 1501. But when he completed David, a panel of leading artists ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speak during a press conference in front of Michelangelo's "David statue" after their bilateral summit in Florence ...

said the woman's 17-year-old son who had to stay home to complete his AP exams. ... besides showing her the David, a sculpture that, ... Michelangelo's marble sculpture depicts the Biblical ...

Eleonora Pucci, in-house restorer of the Galleria dell’Accademia, has the job of dusting Michelangelo’s David, which she says is exhilarating and nerve-wracking.