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

Male Nude Surrounded by Several Figures

1532-34
Black chalk on primed paper, 285 x 248 mm
Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt

There are various interpretations of this drawing depicting an elongated male figure and a woman clutching his arm. The most plausible explanation is that the scene is an Entombment or a Descent from the Cross.




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