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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Nude Study of a Sitting Youth (recto)

🖼 Nude Study of a Sitting Youth (recto), 1511-12
Red chalk heightened with white
272 × 192 cm
Vienna, Austria

Rendered in delicate chalk, muscular contours define a seated youth captured from multiple angles in fluid, overlapping lines. Michelangelo's anatomical studies revolutionized Renaissance figure drawing, revealing his obsessive study of human form that informed his monumental sculptures and frescoes.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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