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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Cleopatra (recto)

🖼 Cleopatra (recto), 1533-34
Black chalk on paper
225 × 170 cm
Florence, Italy

Delicate pen strokes capture Cleopatra's profile in classical restraint, her idealized features rendered with Renaissance precision. This study reveals Michelangelo's fascination with antiquity and female beauty, demonstrating his mastery of portraiture beyond his monumental sculptures.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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