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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Two Standing Figures in Profile (verso)

🖼 Two Standing Figures in Profile (verso), 1493-96
Pen in two shades of brown ink
269 × 194 cm
Haarlem, Netherlands

Delicate pen strokes render two male figures in precise profile, their musculature meticulously studied. This preparatory sketch reveals Michelangelo's anatomical mastery and working method, documenting the Renaissance obsession with human form.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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