Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso)
MichelangeloWW-1511-009807
1511·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)·Sheet: 11 3/8 × 8 7/16 in. (28.9 × 21.4 cm)
Framed: 21 × 16 in. (53.3 × 40.6 cm)
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1924
Catalogue
- Year
- 1511
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 11 3/8 × 8 7/16 in. (28.9 × 21.4 cm) Framed: 21 × 16 in. (53.3 × 40.6 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Michelangelo
Artist
Michelangelo
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- Michelangelo
- Year
- 1511
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 11 3/8 × 8 7/16 in. (28.9 × 21.4 cm) Framed: 21 × 16 in. (53.3 × 40.6 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1511-009807
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- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
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