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

Nude Rider Mounting a Horse and a Male Nude (verso)

1503-04
Black chalk, 260 x 170 mm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

The male nude on the recto of this sheet as well as the figures on the verso were intended for a group in the background of the Battle of Cascina.

The sheet is preserved only in fragmentary condition.