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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Nude Rider Mounting a Horse and a Male Nude (verso)

🖼 Nude Rider Mounting a Horse and a Male Nude (verso), 1503-04
Black chalk
260 × 170 cm
Oxford, United Kingdom

Muscular figures rendered in dynamic charcoal lines capture a rider mounting horse with anatomical precision and kinetic energy. Michelangelo's study demonstrates his obsessive exploration of human form and movement, foundational to Renaissance mastery of the body in action.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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