Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
When Michelangelo ran out of room for the figure's left foot, he turned the paper over and drew the foot in detail along with three additional sketches of the big toe.
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Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso)
Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan
Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto)
Study of Figures from Michelangelo's Last Judgment, Sistine 
Anatomical Studies of a Leg (recto); Study of a Leg (verso)
Anatomical Study of a Knee
Sketches of a Funeral Monument, a Niche with Statues, a Helm
Architectural Study
Anonymous — Reclining Female Nude (recto); Various Sketches 
Correggio (Italian, 1489?-1534) — Study of a Fallen Soldier 
Jacob de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, 1565–1629) — Studies of a 
Aniello Falcone — Male Nude with Left Arm Upraised, and a Fu
Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century — Study of An
Taddeo Zuccaro — Standing Nude Man (recto); Three Studies of
Domenico Beccafumi (Italian, 1486–1551) — Three Male Nudes
Poppi (Francesco Morandini) — Studies of the Dead Christ sup
Central Italian — Studies of the Leg of a Man and a Horse's 
Ottavio Vannini — Half-Figure of a Male Nude with Arms behin
Girolamo Romanino — Nude Male Figure with Upraised Right Arm
Antonio d'Enrico Tanzio (Tanzio da Varallo) — Studies for an