Michaelangelo Statue Departs French Embassy for the Met

Published: October 6, 2009

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NEW YORK— A statue said to be an early work of Michaelangelo will cross the street from its current home in Manhattan's French Embassy and spend the next 10 years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Young Archer, an armless depiction of a young boy, was first recognized as an early work by Michaelangelo in 1997. The embassy will receive a reproduction from the Met, which it will display during the sculpture's absence.

Read more at the Associated Press.

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