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Miniature Michelangelo drawing—identified as a study for the Sistine Chapel—heads to Christie's

The newly attributed, five-inch-tall sketch of a foot has an estimate of $1.5m to $2m

Gareth Harris
25 November 2025
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Michelangelo's Study of a right foot, Preparatory for the Libyan Sibyl on the Sistine Ceiling (around 1511-12) Christie's Images Ltd. 2025
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