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Rare Michelangelo Foot Sketch Set for February Auction

11/24/2025

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Christie’s experts identify a red chalk sketch of a bare right foot as a Michelangelo study linked to the Libyan Sibyl.
The study will be auctioned in February and could become one of the most expensive foot drawings sold.
Giada Damen of Christie’s discovered the sketch.
The anonymous Northern California seller inherited it from his grandmother in 2002.
The drawing has been in the seller’s family since the late 1700s.

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Christie’s experts identify a red chalk sketch of a bare right foot as a Michelangelo study linked to the Libyan Sibyl.
The study will be auctioned in February and could become one of the most expensive foot drawings sold.
Giada Damen of Christie’s discovered the sketch.
The anonymous Northern California seller inherited it from his grandmother in 2002.
The drawing has been in the seller’s family since the late 1700s.