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5-inch drawing of a foot could fetch record $2M after being linked to world-famous artwork

A 5-inch chalk sketch of a man’s right foot could fetch at least $2 million after Christie’s auction house linked it to Michelangelo’s ceiling in the Sistine Chapel. The tiny drawing of the bare foot ...
The New York Times

His Right Foot: One Tiny Drawing for Sale, Said to Be by Michelangelo

The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one? Various books and research ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Experts Say This Small Drawing of a Foot May Be a Long-Lost Study for Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Ceiling

Experts have identified a small study of a pointed foot made in red chalk as an original drawing by Michelangelo. The Italian Renaissance master sketched the appendage around 1511 or 1512 while ...
Seattle Times

His right foot: 1 tiny drawing for sale, said to be by Michelangelo

LONDON — The small, spontaneously drawn red chalk sketch shows a bare right foot. But experts at Christie’s say it’s not just any foot — it’s that of the male model who posed for one of Michelangelo’s ...