Figures from Sistine Chapel ceilingca. 1759–70
Figures from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo. The lower figure is directly above and to the right of the Jesse spandrel. More about this work
About this work
Figures from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo. The lower figure is directly above and to the right of the Jesse spandrel.
Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
How it was made
- Chalk
- Natural black, red and white chalks. Used together on toned paper they could give the warmth of flesh with very little effort, and they were favourites for studies from life.
Jean-Robert Ango
French
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 1977-110-1-27
- Credit
- Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Type
- Drawing
- Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
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