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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Kneeling Man (verso)

🖼 Kneeling Man (verso), 1494-96
Pen and brown ink
292 × 200 cm
Vienna, Austria

Rendered in charcoal, muscular anatomy dominates this study of a kneeling figure captured from behind in dynamic contrapposto. Michelangelo's preparatory sketches reveal his obsessive anatomical investigation, foundational to Renaissance mastery of the human form.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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