Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Creation of Eve, Sistine Chapel., 1772.
Engraving and etching. 215 mm x 270 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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The Creation of Eve, Sistine Chapel., 1772
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)
RA Collection: Art
215 mm x 270 mm
Schola Italica Picturae Sive Selectae Quaedam Summorum E Schola Italica Pictorum Tabulae Aere Incisae - Romae: [1773]
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