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

🖼 Male Nude, Seen from the Rear (recto), 1503-04
Black pencil
282 × 203 cm
Paris, France

Muscular contours rendered in red chalk reveal anatomical precision through careful hatching and modeling. Michelangelo's study demonstrates his obsessive mastery of the human form, essential to his monumental Renaissance sculptures and frescoes.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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