International Fundraising Campaign Seeks Michelangelo Sculpture for Charity
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FRANKFURT AM MAIN, HESSE, GERMANY, October 23, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- Before us stands an extraordinary historical wooden sculpture of a 16th-century pope. Scientific analysis points to the Renaissance period, and its provenance leads to Pope Julius II, the very pope who commissioned some of Michelangelo’s most famous works. In 1508, Michelangelo created a monumental bronze statue for Julius II, which was installed in Bologna. However, the statue was destroyed as early as 1511 and subsequently melted down. What remains is one of Michelangelo’s fascinating lost works.
The current owners of the sculpture, who are nearly 80 years old, have stipulated that 50 percent of the net proceeds from this fundraising project must go to Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) to support their vital work. Your contribution thus helps provide essential medical aid to people in need through Doctors Without Borders, while simultaneously funding further art-historical research into the figure.
Leonardo da Vinci’s *Salvator Mundi* was long considered lost or misattributed. In 2017, it sold for over 450 million US dollars, a world record for an artwork at auction. What might this sculpture be worth if a definitive link to Michelangelo is scientifically proven? Even an AI model has analyzed the figure, offering a cautious valuation of 100 million euros. Perhaps the character’s story would then be completely rewritten, and every donor can now help contribute to that.
The owners have stipulated that 50% of the net proceeds from this campaign must be donated to the work of Médecins Sans Frontières. Thus, a humanitarian initiative simultaneously becomes a mission in the field of art history. Furthermore, one of the donors will receive the sculpture once the fundraising campaign has successfully concluded.
Upon the conclusion of the campaign, the Michelangelo/Julius II figure will not remain with the association; instead, it will be transferred to a selected donor, who will then become its owner. This initiative is modeled after the highly successful "100 Euros for a Picasso" campaign in Paris, a structure established by the owners.
Further information and the current state of research, including a video, can be found online at: https://michelangelo-lost-masterpiece.com.