MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
(b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma)

Study for the Last Judgment

1533-34
Black chalk, 192 x 287 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

This sheet contains early drafts for Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the group of martyrs and the righteous in the upper zone of the Last Judgment fresco in the Sistine Chapel. It was created immediately after the first extant complete draft for the composition, which is in the Casa Buonarroti.