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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Two Studies of an Outstretched Right Arm (verso)

🖼 Two Studies of an Outstretched Right Arm (verso), 1508-09
Black chalk
222 × 198 cm
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Delicate charcoal lines capture two studies of a muscular right arm in different positions, rendered with anatomical precision and searching gesture. These preparatory sketches reveal Michelangelo's obsessive study method, essential to his mastery of the human form in monumental works like the Sistine Chapel.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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