We marvel at the sculptures and paintings of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564) and have heard about the sketches that preceded such works. In The Wall Street Journal of October 21-22, 2017, Brenda Cronin’s “Michelangelo’s indelible lines” presents a new exhibit of drawings from 50 museum and private collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The Museum’s website provides a tantalizing presentation of the exhibit’s treasures.

The Morgan Library and Museum (225 Madison Ave. at 36 St., Manhattan) has an exhibit “Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection” of 150 works from Andrea Mantegna to Picasso. The New York Times of October 27, 2017 presented a brief note by Holland Cotter and a photograph of Mantegna’s “Three Standing Saints” (from approximately 1450).

A second exhibit at the Morgan is called “Magnificent Gems,” bejeweled bindings of manuscripts from the Middle Ages.

Three great exhibits in NYC. I hope you can visit at least one of them!