Design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II della Rovere
Michelangelo Buonarroti · 1505–6 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over stylus ruling and leadpoint
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About this picture
Design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II della Rovere is a public-domain drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti, dated 1505–6. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over stylus ruling and leadpoint. The file comes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“Design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II della Rovere” (1505–6) 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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