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

Study for a Risen Christ (verso)

1532
Black chalk, 190 x 330 mm
Royal Collection, Windsor

The recto of this sheet contains Michelangelo's famous drawing of The Punishment of Tityus. On the verso, the artist traced the outlines of Tityus's body almost identically and turned him into a Risen Christ. To the right, cut off by the right edge of the sheet, is a figure with raised arms. This is either one of the guards at Christ's tomb, or more likely, a second draft for the figure of Christ.