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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Grotesque Heads (recto)

🖼 Grotesque Heads (recto), 1524-25
Red chalk
260 × 410 cm
Frankfurt, Germany

Grotesque profiles twist and contort across the page in rapid pen strokes, exaggerating features with carnival-like distortion. Michelangelo's anatomical mastery emerges through these caricatures, revealing his fascination with human deformity and emotional expression beyond idealized beauty.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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