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

🖼 Male Nude, Seen from the Rear (recto), 1503-04
Black chalk
218 × 174 cm
Cambridge, USA

Rendered in delicate chalk, muscular shoulders and spine dominate this rear view, showcasing anatomical precision through subtle shading. Michelangelo's life studies reveal his obsessive mastery of human form, foundational to Renaissance sculpture and painting's revolutionary naturalism.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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