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Study for a foot of the Libyan Sibyl/Michelangelo (1475-1564)

Video. Rare Michelangelo sketch for Sistine Chapel sells for €23m at auction

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An extremely rare sketch of a foot by Michelangelo for the Sistine Chapel has sold for a record €23 million at a Christie's auction in New York. The recently discovered drawing was part of a study for the Libyan Sibyl on the ceiling of the chapel in the Vatican.

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