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Sketch for the Sistine Ceiling with study of hand and torso (recto); Figure studies (verso)

Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899

Sketch for the Sistine Ceiling with study of hand and torso (recto); Figure studies (verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Pen and brown ink, black chalk (recto and verso)

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Sketch for the Sistine Ceiling with study of hand and torso (recto); Figure studies (verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Pen and brown ink, black chalk (recto and verso)
Sketch for the Sistine Ceiling with study of hand and torso (recto); Figure studies (verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Pen and brown ink, black chalk (recto and verso)
Sketch for the Sistine Ceiling with study of hand and torso (recto); Figure studies (verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Pen and brown ink, black chalk (recto and verso)
Sketch for the Sistine Ceiling with study of hand and torso (recto); Figure studies (verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Pen and brown ink, black chalk (recto and verso)
Sketch for the Sistine Ceiling with study of hand and torso (recto); Figure studies (verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Pen and brown ink, black chalk (recto and verso)
Sketch for the Sistine Ceiling with study of hand and torso (recto); Figure studies (verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Pen and brown ink, black chalk (recto and verso)

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