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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Upper Body of a Sitting Man and Study of a Right Arm (recto)

🖼 Upper Body of a Sitting Man and Study of a Right Arm (recto), 1533-34
Black chalk
398 × 282 cm
Florence, Italy

Charcoal strokes capture muscular tension in a seated figure's torso, with a separate detailed study of flexed arm anatomy. Michelangelo's preparatory drawings reveal his obsessive anatomical investigation, foundational to his monumental sculptural and painted figures.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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