Detail from "Ascesa dei Beati" from Sistine Chapel; 16th-century drawing reproducing the same detail (IMAGE)

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Detail from "Ascesa dei Beati" from Sistine Chapel; 16th-century drawing reproducing the same detail

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(Left) Detail from "Ascesa dei Beati" (Michelangelo Buonarroti) from Sistine Chapel; (Right) 16th-century drawing reproducing the same detail. An inscription "di mano di Michelangelo" (from Michelangelo's hand), on the bottom-left side of the drawing, was hidden by a tape and revealed after restoration.

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