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Michelangelo

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DrawingRenaissance

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Painting and Sculpture in Architecture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

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Italian Masters

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1940

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (26)

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My Home Town

1998 · Acrylic on canvas

Unframed: 139.7 x 243.8 cm (55 x 96 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Slanting Mirror

1975 · Mirror and gilded wood

78 3/4 in. × 9 ft. 10 1/8 in. (200 × 300 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Delphian Sibyl

1890 · wood engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

Legs and Feet of Male Nude

1812 · Pen and brown ink, on cream wove paper prepared with a pale brown wash

43.1 × 25.6 cm (17 × 10 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Moses

1730 · Red chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray wove paper

56.2 × 31.9 cm (22 3/16 × 12 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Left Hand of Moses

1725 · Red chalk counterproof, with traces of brown chalk, on cream laid paper

21 × 30.6 cm (8 5/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Denial of Saint Peter

1610 · Oil on canvas

37 x 49 3/8 in. (94 x 125.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Alternatives Designs for a Cartouche Decorated with a Frame, Statues, and Volutes.

1604 · Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk

sheet: 10 x 3 7/8 in. (25.4 x 9.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Musicians

1597 · Oil on canvas

36 1/4 x 46 5/8 in. (92.1 x 118.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saint Jerome in the wilderness, with a lion at left

1578 · Engraving

Sheet (Trimmed): 16 in. × 10 15/16 in. (40.6 × 27.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Prophet Joel

1570 · engraving

Sheet: 55.9 x 41.5 cm (22 x 16 5/16 in.); Secondary Support: 57.7 x 42.9 cm (22 11/16 x 16 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Male Nude [verso]

1560 · black chalk on laid paper

overall: 23.4 x 10 cm (9 3/16 x 3 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Male Nude [recto]

1560 · black chalk on laid paper

overall: 23.4 x 10 cm (9 3/16 x 3 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Design for an Equestrian Statue of Henry II of France

1559 · chalk, paper

width: 120 cm, height: 130 cm

Rijksmuseum

Christ and the Two Thieves Crucified

1555 · Bronze

(Christ .a, confirmed): 10 3/4 × 8 × 1 13/16 in. (27.3 × 20.3 × 4.6 cm); (Thief .b, confirmed): 9 3/8 × 7 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (23.8 × 18.4 × 6 cm); (Thief .c, confirmed): 9 1/8 × 8 3/4 × 2 7/8 in. (23.2 × 22.2 × 7.3 cm); (Base and crosses): 31 3/8 x 17 1/2 in. (79.8 x 44.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ascending Male Nude

1550 · Black chalk on tan laid paper

32.7 × 14.2 cm (12 7/8 × 5 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Drunkenness of Noah

1550 · Pen and brown ink on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

13.5 × 24.1 cm (5 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Kneeling Mother Embracing Child

1548 · Black chalk heightened with white chalk, on brown laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

15.6 × 14.3 cm (6 3/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

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)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso)

1510 · red chalk heightened with traces of white

Sheet: 23.4 x 33.5 cm (9 3/16 x 13 3/16 in.); Secondary Support: 24.4 x 34.4 cm (9 5/8 x 13 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto); Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso)

1510 · red chalk over black chalk or charcoal

Sheet: 34.3 x 24.3 cm (13 1/2 x 9 9/16 in.); Secondary Support: 34.4 x 24.4 cm (13 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto)

1510 · red chalk over black chalk or charcoal

Sheet: 34.3 x 24.3 cm (13 1/2 x 9 9/16 in.); Secondary Support: 34.4 x 24.4 cm (13 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Climbers (Three Figures from Michelangelo's Battle of Cascina)

1510 · engraving

Sheet: 28.6 x 22.9 cm (11 1/4 x 9 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Twee koppen

1502 · paper, chalk

height: 204 cm, width: 92 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Artwork sources (5)

26 published of 26 catalogued · 23 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Met
7 published6 img
Art Institute Chicago
7 published7 img
Nga
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Rijksmuseum
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 9)

9 entries · 1 sources

Twee koppen
1502 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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The Delphian Sibyl
1890 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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My Home Town
1998 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto); Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso)
1510 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto)
1510 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Prophet Joel
1570 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso)
1510 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Climbers (Three Figures from Michelangelo's Battle of Cascina)
1510 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Design for an Equestrian Statue of Henry II of France
1559 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Christie's

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Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

Market

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Christie's

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Painting and Sculpture in Architecture

New York · 1949

Group Exhibition Italian Masters

New York · 1940