Sheet of studies: the draped figure of Christ; two studies of a left hand, one showing part of the forearm: 3056

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Sheet of studies: the draped figure of Christ; two studies of a left hand, one showing part of the forearm
Two studies of a male nude; two studies of a left hand; an architectural detail

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Michelangelo Buonarroti

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: Filippo Buonarroti; J.B.J. Wicar; Sir Thomas Lawrence (Lugt 2445); Samuel Woodburn, his sale, Christie's, 4 June 1860, lot 107, bt. Murray; R.P. Roupell (Lugt 2234), his sale, Christie's, 12 July 1887, lot 725, bt. Robinson; Sir J.C. Robinson (Lugt 1433), his sale, Christie's, 13 May 1902, lot 213, bt. P. & D. Colnaghi for G.T. Clough

Measurements and weight

Height: 267 mm
Width: 165 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1913) by Clough, G.T.

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Black chalk on paper

References and bibliographic entries

The drawings of the Florentine painters: classified, criticised and studied as documents in the history and appreciation of Tuscan art, with a copious catalogue raisonné page(s): 219
Michelangel, Kritische Untersuchnungen über seine Werke page(s): 169, 448-9,
Die Handzeichnungen Michelangelo Buonarotti
Jacopo Carucci da Pontormo page(s): 259-260
[Vasari Society, 2nd Series, XII]
Le Dessin de Michelange page(s): 191, 451
Michelangelo: the Medici chapel page(s): 198
Michelangelo: the final period page(s): 208-9
Michelangelo Drawings page(s): 56
Treasures of Cambridge (Illustrations)
Die Zeichnungen des Michelangelo page(s): 49-50
The Drawings of Michelangelo page(s): 324

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 3056
Primary reference Number: 7589
Lugt: 2445
Lugt: 2234
Lugt: 1433
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 28 November 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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