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

Michelangelo Buonarroti · 1475–1564

Maximum print size

22.6 × 30.5 cm · 8.9 × 12.0 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,661 × 3,609 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 27.9 × 35.6 cm · 11.0 × 14.0 in
Mat opening: 22.6 × 30.5 cm · 8.9 × 12.0 in
Mat border, sides: 2.5 cm · 1.0 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 2.5 cm · 1.0 in

Colour palette

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Details

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)
Type: Drawings
Size: 28.9 × 21.4 cm · 11.4 × 8.4 in
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: Women
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗