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Sketches for the staircase in the 'ricetto' of the Laurentian Library, over figure studies

Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899

Sketches for the staircase in the 'ricetto' of the Laurentian Library, over figure studies, Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Pen and brown ink, red chalk, black chalk

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Sketches for the staircase in the 'ricetto' of the Laurentian Library, over figure studies, Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Pen and brown ink, red chalk, black chalk
Sketches for the staircase in the 'ricetto' of the Laurentian Library, over figure studies, Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Pen and brown ink, red chalk, black chalk

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