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Letter to Pietro Urbano (20 August 1519) with sketch of a bird (recto and verso)

Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899

Letter to Pietro Urbano (20 August 1519) with sketch of a bird (recto and verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Black chalk (drawing), pen and brown ink (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)

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Letter to Pietro Urbano (20 August 1519) with sketch of a bird (recto and verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Black chalk (drawing), pen and brown ink (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)
Letter to Pietro Urbano (20 August 1519) with sketch of a bird (recto and verso), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Black chalk (drawing), pen and brown ink (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)

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