Michelangelo's foot goes under the hammer: Very rare sketch for Sistine Chapel to be sold

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Michelangelo's foot goes under the hammer: Very rare sketch for Sistine Chapel to be sold   An extremely rare sketch of a foot by Michelangelo for the Sistine Chapel is the first ever to go to auction. The recently discovered drawing was part of a study for The Libyan Sibyl frescoe on the ceiling of the chapel in the Vatican.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/02/05/michelangelos-foot-goes-under-the-hammer-very-rare-sketch-for-sistine-chapel-to-be-sold  Spark your senses, wake your wonder. Euronews Culture seeks to show creativity in action and inspire our audience to explore the world through the five senses. Start your journey through the best of Europe's arts, gastronomy, traditions and high-end craftsmanship.

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00:00One day earlier this spring, we received a photograph of a foot

00:29drawn in red chalk, along with, framed up with a portrait of a man.

00:35It went to our drawing specialist in New York, Jada Damon, who looked at it, immediately

00:42recognised something really, really special, rang up the consignor and jumped on a plane

00:52to California to go and have a look at it.

00:54And of course, in the flesh, it was as exciting as she saw it to be from the original photo.

00:59And she brought it back with her to New York that night.

01:02Then she took it to the Met.

01:05And she took it to the Met because she saw that it was a foot related to Michelangelo's

01:11Libyan Sybil on the Sistine ceiling.

01:13Famously, on four occasions, he's known to have burnt all of his drawings.

01:37So very few survive.

01:40For the Sistine ceiling, there's only 50 drawings in existence.

01:43And there's only one behind me in private ownership.

01:47So this is your only chance, your only chance to buy a piece of perhaps the greatest work

01:53of all ever painted.

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