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Seated Female Figure (the Virgin; for a Composition of the Annunciation or the Risen Christ Appearing to His Mother)

Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899

Seated Female Figure (the Virgin; for a Composition of the Annunciation or the Risen Christ Appearing to His Mother), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Black chalk, on off-white paper

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Seated Female Figure (the Virgin; for a Composition of the Annunciation or the Risen Christ Appearing to His Mother), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Black chalk, on off-white paper
Seated Female Figure (the Virgin; for a Composition of the Annunciation or the Risen Christ Appearing to His Mother), Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome), Black chalk, on off-white paper

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