Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso)
Michelangelo Buonarroti · ca. 1510–11 · Red chalk, with small accents of white chalk on the left shoulder of the figure in the main study (recto); soft black chalk, or less probably charcoal (verso)
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Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso) is a public-domain drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti, dated ca. 1510–11. Red chalk, with small accents of white chalk on the left shoulder of the figure in the main study (recto); soft black chalk, or less probably charcoal (verso). The file comes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso)” (ca. 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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