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Studies of a Seated Male Nude (Ignudo) for the Sistine Ceiling (recto); Studies of Hands in Prayer (verso)

Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899

Studies of a Seated Male Nude (Ignudo) for the Sistine Ceiling (recto); Studies of Hands in Prayer (verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Red chalk, brush and white gouache, over traces of stylus (recto); red chalk (verso).

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