MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Portrait of a Woman (recto)

Portrait of a Woman Michelangelo's intimate study of female portraiture reveals the master sculptor's remarkable skill with drawing, executed during the height of the Italian Renaissance in the 1530s. Though best known for his monumental works in paint and stone, Michelangelo was a prolific draftsman who used portraiture to explore the subtleties of human character and form with the same precision he brought to his larger commissions. This delicate rendering demonstrates his ability to capture both the physical likeness and psychological presence of his subject through confident line work and subtle modeling.