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Michelangelo drawing valued over ten million discovered in New York
A chalk and wash drawing labeled Italian circa 1530 1540 is authenticated as by Michelangelo and valued at 10 to 12 million dollars. The 17 by 10 inch piece was found in a box of light fixture designs at Cooper Hewitt and may depict a seven branched menorah linked to the Medici tombs project.
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New York
New York City
Michelangelo
United States
Paul Thompson
Smithsonian
Cooper-Hewitt
National Design Museum
Timothy Clifford
Thompson
Clifford
National Galleries of Scotland
Edinburgh
Medici Tombs
Clement VII
Rome
Sarah Lawrence