Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso)

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome)
Date: ca. 1510–11
Medium: 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)
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 8 7/16 in. (28.9 × 21.4 cm) Framed: 21 × 16 in. (53.3 × 40.6 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1924
Accession no.: 24.197.2

Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto); Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso)
Michelangelo Buonarroti
1510–11 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00000302
Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto)
Michelangelo Buonarroti
1510–1511 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010999
Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso)
Michelangelo Buonarroti
1510–11 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011040
Design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II della Rovere
Michelangelo Buonarroti
1505–6 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00018317