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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Male Nude, Seen from the Rear (recto)

🖼 Male Nude, Seen from the Rear (recto), 1503-04
Black chalk, pen and brown ink
260 × 170 cm
Oxford, United Kingdom

Muscular contours emerge through precise charcoal strokes, capturing a male figure's powerful back and shoulders in anatomical detail. Michelangelo's life study reveals his obsessive mastery of human form, fundamental to his monumental works like the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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