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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: The Risen Christ

🖼 The Risen Christ, 1532-34
Black chalk, traces of stylus
373 × 221 cm
Windsor, United Kingdom

Musculature ripples across Christ's torso as he rises triumphantly, rendered with anatomical precision through chalk and ink. This drawing exemplifies Renaissance mastery of the human form and Michelangelo's spiritual vision of divine resurrection.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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