MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
(b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma)

Figure Studies (verso)

1503-04
Black chalk, 258 x 153 mm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

On the verso of the sheet, which depicts a Kneeling Female Nude in Profile on the recto, are early studies in black chalk for individual soldiers in the Battle of Cascina cartoon.