Experts at Christie's say it is a foot sketch of the Libyan Sibyl which was later painted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Experts at Christie's say it is a foot sketch of the Libyan Sibyl which was later painted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

The small sketch is a study of a foot for one of the figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. The buyer's name was not disclosed.

Si tratta di uno studio preparatorio per la monumentale figura della Sibilla Libica, collocata nella parte orientale della volta

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