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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Study for the Last Judgment

🖼 Study for the Last Judgment, 1533-34
Black chalk
192 × 287 cm
Florence, Italy

Charcoal lines sketch muscular figures in dynamic poses, bodies twisting and intertwining across the page. This preparatory drawing reveals Michelangelo's compositional genius for the Sistine Chapel's most ambitious fresco, establishing the visual language of resurrection and divine judgment.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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