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

Studies of Heads, an Ear, and a Leg (verso)

1524-25
Red and black chalk, 260 x 410 mm
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

It is remarkable that the hair of the woman at left is plaited in a sophisticated manner, as in the case of other "ideal female heads" by Michelangelo.