[GSlob]

Hmm... from what one could see in newspaper photo, the fresco reproduced in the Guardian does not look like his work in the least: compare with his "Madonna Doni", or with his Bolognese sculptures carved around the same 1494 - even in his youth Michelangelo was already doing better faces and better bodies.

[Dansong]

I agree.... it doesn't have the "Wow" factor of his known works.

[Rembrandt_fan]

Fresco is a tough ground for detail or nuance of line or color. Even a draughtsman as great as Michaelangelo--and he is one of the best--would have a tough time rendering the beautiful detail and certainty of line he is known for, at least in that medium.