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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Six Figures in Startled Postures (recto)

🖼 Six Figures in Startled Postures (recto), 1532-34
Red chalk
110 × 192 cm
Haarlem, Netherlands

Urgent movement animates six intertwined male figures rendered in dynamic pen strokes, their bodies twisted in alarm and reaction. Michelangelo's study reveals his obsessive exploration of human anatomy and emotion, informing his monumental compositional designs for the Sistine Chapel and beyond.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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