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Artist/Maker	Michelangelo (artist)
Place of origin	Italy (drawn)

Slight study of a naked man reclining on his shield, and the figure of a horse above; On the reverse, a slight sketch of one of the designs for the Medici tombs in the chapel attached to the church of San Lorenzo at Florence; Sketched with the pen and bistre, and slightly washed.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Materials and techniques	Pen and bistre, slightly washed Pen and Ink Bistre Drawing Wash Technique
Brief description	Copy after Michelangelo; Slight study of a naked man reclining on his shield, and the figure of a horse above; On the reverse, a slight sketch of one of the designs for the Medici tombs in the chapel attached to the church of San Lorenzo at Florence; Sketched with the pen and bistre, and slightly washed; Italian; ca. 1495 - 1563.
Physical description	Slight study of a naked man reclining on his shield, and the figure of a horse above; On the reverse, a slight sketch of one of the designs for the Medici tombs in the chapel attached to the church of San Lorenzo at Florence; Sketched with the pen and bistre, and slightly washed.
Dimensions	Height: 5in Width: 4.6in Of an irregular form. Original measurement of object converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style	Florentine School
Credit line	Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history	There are many sketches preserved which Michel Angelo made for the Medici tombs; some of them are to be found in the British Museum and others at Oxford.
Subjects depicted	Man Horse Shields (Armor) Tomb
Bibliographic references	DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874. Peter Ward-Jackson, Italian Drawings. Vol. 1, 14th-16th century,London, 1979, cat. 194
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	DYCE.164

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Record created	September 9, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1136801/drawing-michelangelo/

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