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Michelangelo's foot goes under the hammer: Very rare sketch for Sistine Chapel to be sold

Feb 5, 2026
An extremely rare sketch of a foot by Michelangelo for the Sistine Chapel is the first ever to go to auction. The recently discovered drawing was part of a study for The Libyan Sibyl frescoe on the ceiling of the chapel in the Vatican.
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