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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Studies of Nudes (verso)

🖼 Studies of Nudes (verso), 1503-04
Pen and brown ink, black chalk
332 × 174 cm
Paris, France

Sketched male figures twist and contort across the page in graphite, their musculature rendered with anatomical precision through rapid, confident linework. These studies reveal Michelangelo's obsessive investigation of human form, essential preparation for his monumental sculptures and the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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