Design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II della Rovere
Michelangelo Buonarroti · 1505–6
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"Design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II della Rovere" is a drawing created by Michelangelo Buonarroti between 1505 and 1506. The artwork, measuring 20 1/16 × 12 9/16 inches (51 × 31.9 cm), is rendered in pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over stylus ruling and leadpoint. It is classified under Drawings and is part of the Drawings and Prints department.
The work was acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art through the Rogers Fund in 1962. Information regarding its culture, provenance, exhibition history, and specific literature is not provided in the supplied catalogue record.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, an Italian artist and architect, lived from 1475 to 1564. The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds several other works by or attributed to Michelangelo, including "Studies for the Libyan Sibyl" (ca. 1510–11) and "Samson and the Philistines" (ca. 1550).
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