1532-34
Black chalk, traces of stylus, 373 x 221 mm
Royal Collection, Windsor
This drawing is one of Michelangelo's most beautiful single-figure studies and a masterpiece of draftsmanship. It is stylistically closely related to the drawings that Michelangelo presented as gifts to his friend Tommaso de' Cavalieri (The Punishment of Tityus and the Fall of Phaethon). It was probably a presentation drawing that the artist created for a specific project.
