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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Design for a Double Tomb in the Medici Chapel (verso)

🖼 Design for a Double Tomb in the Medici Chapel (verso), 1520-21
Black chalk
382 × 223 cm
Paris, France

Architectural lines intersect across the page in ink, sketching two tomb structures with classical proportions and detailed ornamentation. Michelangelo's design reveals Renaissance ideals of symmetry while solving the practical challenge of honoring multiple Medici patrons within Florence's chapel space.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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