Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso)
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564) · 1510–11 · red chalk heightened with traces of white
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Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso) is a CC0 drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564), dated 1510–11. Red chalk heightened with traces of white. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso)” (1510–11) is most often a study of the body, made toward a sculpture or toward the Sistine ceiling rather than as a finished easel picture.
About the artist
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) was a Florentine sculptor, painter, and architect. The drawings are often studies of the body for sculpture or for the Sistine ceiling.
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