Footing the bill: Michelangelo drawing for the Sistine Chapel makes $23.1m at Christie’s
A previously unknown study of a foot for a figure in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling drew remarkable bidding at Christie’s, making one of the highest ever prices for an Old Master drawing.
Estimated at what proved to be a conservative $1.5m-2m at the auction on February 5, it drew multipl…