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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Galloping Rider, a Horse, and Other Studies

🖼 Galloping Rider, a Horse, and Other Studies, 1503-04
Pen and brown ink, black chalk, leadpoint
190 × 260 cm
Oxford, United Kingdom

Rapid charcoal strokes capture a mounted figure in dynamic motion, surrounded by anatomical studies of horses rendered with explosive energy. These sketches reveal Michelangelo's obsessive investigation of equine form and movement, essential preparation for monumental commissions like the Battle of Cascina.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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