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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Study of a Left Male Leg (verso)

🖼 Study of a Left Male Leg (verso), 1515-20
Red and black chalk
212 × 283 cm
Oxford, United Kingdom

Precise anatomical lines define a muscular male leg in dynamic stance, rendered with confident charcoal strokes on paper. This preparatory study reveals Michelangelo's obsessive mastery of human form, directly informing his monumental sculptural and fresco compositions.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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