# Figures from Sistine Chapel ceiling, in Drawings of the 18th century

Jean-Robert Ango drew this in about 1759–70. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

From the museum's label:

> 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._

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1759–70
- Medium: Red chalk on paper
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1977-110-1-27
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Jean-Robert Ango](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/jean-robert-ango), French

1 works in the collection.

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