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Sheet from the Sistine Ceiling sketchbook: a nude man sleeping (recto), study of a woman and child (verso)

Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899

Sheet from the Sistine Ceiling sketchbook: a nude man sleeping (recto), study of a woman and child (verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Black chalk (recto and verso)

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Sheet from the Sistine Ceiling sketchbook: a nude man sleeping (recto), study of a woman and child (verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Black chalk (recto and verso)
Sheet from the Sistine Ceiling sketchbook: a nude man sleeping (recto), study of a woman and child (verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Black chalk (recto and verso)

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