# Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto); Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso), in Renaissance

Michelangelo Buonarroti drew this in 1510–11, aged about 35. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

From the museum's label:

> Universally considered one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo devoted four years to painting the vast ceiling fresco in the Sistine Chapel.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

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## The work

- Date: 1510–11
- Medium: red chalk over black chalk or charcoal
- Dimensions: Sheet: 34.3 x 24.3 cm (13 1/2 x 9 9/16 in.); Secondary Support: 34.4 x 24.4 cm (13 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1940.465
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Michelangelo Buonarroti](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/michelangelo-buonarroti), Italian, 1475–1564

2 works in the collection.

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- [Michelangelo Buonarroti's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-michelangelo-buonarroti?hang=749) (8 works)
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- [16th-century Italy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-italy?hang=749) (66 works)

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