[Publius6961]

I do not seem to recall Michael Angelo selling his art is strip centers.

Really?
Were you aware that Michelangelo faked (his own) sculptures to look ancient as a means to promote his move, during the political upheavals in Florence, to Rome and immortality?

Not all that far removed...

From Wikepedia, "In that year a marble Cupid by Michelangelo was treacherously sold to Cardinal Raffaele Riario as an ancient piece: the prelate discovered the cheat, but was so impressed by the quality of the sculpture that he invited the artist to Rome..."

[trumandogz]

Okay Thanks, but Kinkaide is not art.

[piasa]

"In that year a marble Cupid by Michelangelo was treacherously sold to Cardinal Raffaele Riario as an ancient piece: the prelate discovered the cheat, but was so impressed by the quality of the sculpture that he invited the artist to Rome..."

Did Michaelangelo do the selling or did someone else? The snippet above doesn't make that clear.