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Michelangelo

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Fresco spandrel showing Judith and her servant leaving a bed where Holofernes lies, Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Judith y Holofernes

1509

Painting of a nude body being lowered in a burial scene with mourners in red, pink and green robes against a rocky landscape.

The Entombment

1510

Renaissance painting of the Virgin and infant Christ with young John the Baptist and two angels, with an unfinished nude at l

Manchester Madonna

1494

Fresco lunette with a seated man in orange reading beside a woman in green, with a tablet labeled NAASON between them.

Judahite tribal leader Nahshon (right figure), Lünette (restauriert)

1508

Bearded saint in black robes surrounded by grotesque winged demons and beasts, with a river and distant town below.

The Torment of Saint Anthony

1487

Ceiling fresco of a reclining nude man reaching toward a bearded figure surrounded by angels, hands nearly touching.

The Creation of Adam

1511

Fresco of a flood scene with nude figures, a wooden ark, a small boat, and survivors clinging to rocks and a tree.

The Deluge

1509

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude male figure with raised arm, plus figure studies on the reverse sheet.

Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto); Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso)

1510-11

Red chalk drawing of a muscular nude man seen from behind, seated with arms raised, with faint sketch lines around him.

Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto)

1510-1511

Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso)

ca. 1510-11

Red and black chalk drawing of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist, plus faint figure studies on aged paper.

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (recto); Amorous Putti at Play; Head of a Bird (verso)

about 1530

Pen and brown ink study of an extended academic arm with hatched shading on a narrow sheet of paper.

Academic Arm, Extended

1500/10

Pen and brown ink drawing of two muscular male nude figures, one striding forward and one turned to the right.

Two Nude Studies of a Man Storming Forward and Another Turning to the Right

1504

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude seen from behind, with arm and hand studies at lower left.

Seated Young Male Nude and Two Arm Studies

1510

Red chalk drawing of a central nude male figure with surrounding studies of heads, arms and legs in dense overlapping lines.

Lamentation (recto), c. 1530

1530

Three Standing Men in Wide Cloaks Turned to the Left (recto), c. 1492-1496

1492

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure standing with bowed head, with a sketched figure behind him, on aged paper.

Pietà

1530

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated sibyl holding a book, with a putto behind her, copied after Michelangelo.

Erythean Sibyl from the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, after Michelangelo

1520

Pen drawing of a layered papal tomb design with columns, niches, a Madonna and Child, angels and sculpted figures.

Design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II della Rovere

1505-6

Red chalk drawing of a seated turbaned woman reading an open book, with a younger figure behind her on the left.

The Persian Sibyl

1600

Brown ink drawing of a crowded Last Judgment scene with nude figures swirling around a central standing figure.

The Last Judgment

1570-90

Pen and ink anatomical study of a muscular leg with red chalk underdrawing on a tan sheet.

Anatomical Studies of a Leg (recto); Study of a Leg (verso)

1475-1564

Pen and ink sketch of architectural ornaments, a column and entablature, and a seated male figure on pale paper.

A Figure and Some Architectural Details

1475-1564

Pen and brown ink anatomical study of a bent knee and leg on toned paper.

Anatomical Study of a Knee

1475-1564

Pen and ink sketches of a funeral monument, niche, helmet, entablature, and a draped female statue on paper.

Sketches of a Funeral Monument, a Niche with Statues, a Helmet in the Shape of a Human Head, an Entablature and a Fem…

n.d.

Pen and ink architectural study of a tiered monument with columns, niches with figures, and reclining statues above an arch.

Architectural Study

n.d.

Red chalk drawing of muscular nude figures with grinning demons, one horned and one with bat-like ears, on a pale sheet.

Study of Figures from Michelangelo's Last Judgment, Sistine Chapel

1540-50

Pen and ink study of a muscular male leg with faint sketch of a seated figure on aged paper.

Male Figure Study, with Slight Sketch of Seated Figure

1540/50

Pen and ink anatomical study of a kneeling male figure with a separate sketch of muscles and tendons below.

Anatomical Study and Sketch of Kneeling Figure

n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a nude male figure with raised arms and muscular torso, on aged paper with brown wash stains.

Crucified Christ or Marsyas

1585/95

Graphite sketch of a standing male nude seen from behind, arms raised over the head, on pale paper.

Male Nude [recto]

c. 1560

Pencil drawing of a twisting male nude figure with raised arm and bowed head on pale paper.

Male Nude [verso]

c. 1560

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