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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Studies of Two Male Torsi and a Right Leg

🖼 Studies of Two Male Torsi and a Right Leg, 1524-25
Pen and brown ink
262 × 266 cm
Florence, Italy

Muscular male torsos dominate this study sheet, rendered in precise anatomical detail through charcoal and chalk. Michelangelo's obsessive exploration of human musculature reveals his scientific approach to figure painting, essential to Renaissance mastery of the human form.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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