Michelangelo Buonarroti, Young man asleep (Plate No. 34)., 1773.
Engraving. 140 mm x 102 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Young man asleep (Plate No. 34)., 1773
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)
RA Collection: Art
140 mm x 102 mm
Pitture Dipinte Nella Volta Della Cappella Sistina Nel Vaticano - In Roma: l'anno 1773.
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