Studies for sculptures
by MICHELANGELO

In addition to the studies for his realised sculptures (such as David, The Risen Christ, Victory), there are extant studies for sculptural works which were not realised, among them several variants for the tomb of Pope Julius II, and a Hercules and Antaeus group, which was to be installed as the sculptural counterpart of the marble David in front of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence.

Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Male Nude (recto)
1501-02
Pen and brown ink, 337 x 162 mm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

509*1000
True Color
81 Kb



Various Studies (verso)
1501-02
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, stylus, 337 x 162 mm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

498*1000
True Color
95 Kb



Male Nude (recto)
c. 1503
Pen in two shades of brown, 375 x 197 mm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

597*1100
True Color
96 Kb



Study of Two Women, One with Child (verso)
c. 1503
Pen in brown, over traces of drawing in leadpoint, 375 x 197 mm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

595*1100
True Color
92 Kb



Project for a Wall Tomb for Pope Julius II
1512-13
Pen and brown ink, light-brown wash over black chalk, 510 x 319 mm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

793*1200
True Color
176 Kb



Tomb of Julius II
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Drawing
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

923*750
True Color
147 Kb



Studies of Arms and Hands (recto)
c. 1513
Red chalk, pen and brown ink, 284 x 207 mm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem

658*900
True Color
90 Kb



Study of a Standing Male Nude Figure (recto)
1520-21
Black chalk, 382 x 223 mm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

690*1100
True Color
122 Kb



Nude Man from the Front
1520-21
Pen drawing, 205 x 113 mm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

557*995
Grayscale
124 Kb



Studies for The Risen Christ (recto)
1518-19
Red and black chalk, pen and brown ink, 238 x 209 mm
Private collection

700*799
True Color
93 Kb



Studies for The Risen Christ (verso)
1518-19
Red chalk, pen and brown ink, 238 x 209 mm
Private collection

700*786
True Color
86 Kb



Studies of a Male Torso and Left Leg (verso)
1519-21
Black chalk, traced with a stylus, 404 x 260 mm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem

780*1200
True Color
137 Kb



Studies of Two Wrestlers and Other Studies (recto)
1524-25
Red chalk, pen and brown ink, 283 x 423 mm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

1100*765
True Color
92 Kb



Man Abducting a Woman (recto)
1524-25
Black chalk, 116 x 97 mm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem

426*500
True Color
38 Kb



Man Abducting a Woman (verso)
1524-25
Black chalk, 116 x 97 mm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem

426*500
True Color
36 Kb



The Sacrifice of Isaac
1524-26
Black and red chalk, 415 x 290 mm
Casa Buonarroti, Florence

776*1100
True Color
149 Kb




Summary of works by Michelangelo
Sculptures | Paintings | Sistine Chapel | Drawings | Architecture
Drawings
Early drawings | Studies for the Battle of Cascina | Studies for sculptures
Studies for the Sistine Chapel | Studies for the Medici tombs
Studies for Madonna and Child | Studies for Crucifixion scenes
Gifts to Cavalieri | Drafts for other painters | Various drawings