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…

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