Observearts: Michelangelo

metmuseumThe Sistine Chapel was consecrated on this day in 1483. This study for the Sistine Ceiling is the most magnificent drawing by Michelangelo in North America. Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564). Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso), ca. 1510–11.