Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso)
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Michelangelo Buonarroti
Artist bio: Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
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)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1924
Accession year: 1924
Tags: Women