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

Various Studies (verso)

1501-02
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, stylus, 337 x 162 mm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

On the verso of the sheet depicting a Male Nude, various studies can be seen which can be connected to a wide variety of works by Michelangelo (Haman, Slaves, Moses, Ignudi). The motifs indeed bear a certain resemblance to these works, yet there is no clear match.