Michelangelo’s David to debut in Shanghai

The Divine Michelangelo exhibition will open on Dec. 28, continuing through March 20, 2017 at Yicang Art Museum in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, the Global Times reported.

The exhibition, planned by Italian fresco master Antonio de Vito, will display the magnificent life of the artist Michelangelo, including 15 of his original sketches and two done by other contemporary artists. Altogether, the works are worth over 300 billion RMB ($43 billion).

The statue of David to be exhibited is one of only three remaining molds of the original work. Antonio de Vito will paint Michelangelo’s Lybian Sybil on site in order to demonstrate for visitors the skill of painting, allowing them to appreciate unmatched works of art from the Renaissance.