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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Four Studies of a Bent Arm (verso)

🖼 Four Studies of a Bent Arm (verso), 1524-25
Red chalk
332 × 258 cm
Oxford, United Kingdom

Muscular contours emerge through rapid pen strokes, capturing the arm's anatomy from multiple angles with surgical precision. These preparatory studies reveal Michelangelo's obsessive investigation of human form—essential research for monumental sculptures like the Sistine Chapel.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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