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Drawing

1550s (made)
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.

Object details

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 createdSeptember 9, 2009
Record URL
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