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Drapery Study for the Erythraean Sibyl for the Sistine Ceiling (recto); Figure study (verso)

Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899

Drapery Study for the Erythraean Sibyl for the Sistine Ceiling (recto); Figure study (verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of lead point (recto); brush and brown wash, black chalk, pen and brown ink (verso)

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Drapery Study for the Erythraean Sibyl for the Sistine Ceiling (recto); Figure study (verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of lead point (recto); brush and brown wash, black chalk, pen and brown ink (verso)
Drapery Study for the Erythraean Sibyl for the Sistine Ceiling (recto); Figure study (verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of lead point (recto); brush and brown wash, black chalk, pen and brown ink (verso)
Drapery Study for the Erythraean Sibyl for the Sistine Ceiling (recto); Figure study (verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of lead point (recto); brush and brown wash, black chalk, pen and brown ink (verso)
Drapery Study for the Erythraean Sibyl for the Sistine Ceiling (recto); Figure study (verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of lead point (recto); brush and brown wash, black chalk, pen and brown ink (verso)

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