This drawing reportedly sets the record for the most spent at auction for a piece of Michelangelo artwork Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. Christie's A five-inch drawing ...

A 5-inch chalk sketch of a man’s right foot could fetch at least $2 million after Christie’s auction house linked it to Michelangelo’s ceiling in the Sistine Chapel. The tiny drawing of the bare foot ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tiny chalk drawing of a man's foot sketched by Michelangelo fetched a toe-curling $27.2 million at a New York City auction ...

The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one? Various books and research ...

A Michelangelo study for the Sistine Ceiling will go up for auction next year. (all images courtesy Christie's Images Ltd. 2025) Christie’s is putting its right foot forward. A 500-year-old ...

Experts have identified a small study of a pointed foot made in red chalk as an original drawing by Michelangelo. The Italian Renaissance master sketched the appendage around 1511 or 1512 while ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michelangelo's five-inch chalk drawing of the Libyan Sibyl’s foot sold for $27.2 million on Feb. 5. The newly rediscovered chalk ...

It’s the toe-st of the town. A tiny chalk drawing of a man’s naked foot sketched by Michelangelo fetched a toe-curling $27.2 million at a New York City auction Thursday — setting a record for the ...

This drawing reportedly sets the record for the most spent at auction for a piece of Michelangelo artwork A five-inch drawing of a foot created by Michelangelo just fetched a record $27.2 million at ...