Experts at Christie's say it is a foot sketch of the Libyan Sibyl which was later painted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
The little drawing sold for $27.2 million at a Christie’s sale on Thursday after the auction house identified Michelangelo as the artist responsible.
A small chalk drawing of a foot, made more than 500 years ago by the famous Italian artist Michelangelo, has sold for $27.2 million (£20 million.) The sketch is just 13cm long and experts think it was ...
One of the most famous artists of all time, Renaissance master Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is known for many things: his decoration of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel (which is currently ...
Out today from Princeton University Press, William E. Wallace’s Michelangelo & Titian: A Tale of Rivalry and Genius is a gripping, informative piece of nonfiction that holds appeal for both academics ...
LONDON -- The small, spontaneously drawn red chalk sketch shows a bare right foot. But experts at Christie's say it's not just any foot -- it's that of the male model who posed for one of Michelangelo ...