Pen and brown ink drawing of a tiered tomb design with columns, a central Madonna and Child in a niche, seated and standing figures, and an urn.

Design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II della Rovere

A pen and brown ink drawing with brown wash of a tall, multi-tiered funerary monument. Paired columns frame a central niche with a seated Madonna and Child, flanked by standing and seated figures, with a central urn and an arched crown above.

Artist: Michelangelo Buonarroti
Date: 1505–6
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over stylus ruling and leadpoint
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size: 2441 × 3861 px

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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1506).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1962

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