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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Male Figure after Masaccio, Arm Studies (recto)

🖼 Male Figure after Masaccio, Arm Studies (recto), 1492-93
Red chalk, pen and brown ink
317 × 197 cm
Munich, Germany

Muscular arms rendered in precise charcoal reveal anatomical mastery through confident, directional line work. Michelangelo's study after Masaccio demonstrates his obsessive engagement with the Florentine master's revolutionary naturalism, establishing the foundation for his own monumental figurative style.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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