MICHELANGELO Buonarroti (b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma) |
Sitting Male Nude (recto)c. 1511Red chalk, heightened with white, 279 x 211 mm Teylers Museum, Haarlem | |
The nude study on the recto of the present sheet is a preliminary drawing for the Ignudo to the right above the Persian Sibyl on the Sistine ceiling. Drawn after a living model, the nude figure largely resembles the youth in the ceiling painting, revealing only those parts that are also visible in the fresco. |