# Study of nudes [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SIGNORELLI, Luca]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Charcoal, pen and wash, 343 x 187 mm ## Commentary Study of nudes c. 1500 Charcoal, pen and wash, 343 x 187 mm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence Signorelli studied firsthand from the living model to create his marvelous drawings, which are often specific preparatory efforts for his frescoes. The only artist whose skill as a draftsman could equal that of Signorelli was the young Florentine sculptor who was required to paint a vast cycle in Rome a few years later, namely Michelangelo. It comes as no surprise that Michelangelo was not only acquainted with the painter from Cortona, but even lent him money. ## Related artworks - [Apocalypse \(detail\)]() - [Apocalypse \(detail\)]() - [Apocalypse \(detail\)]() - [Apocalypse \(detail\)]() - [Apocalypse \(detail\)]() - [Apocalypse]() - [Cappellina dei Corpi Santi]() - [Ceiling Frescoes in the Chapel of San Brizio]() - [Choir of Patriarchs]() - [Christ and the Doubting Thomas]() - [Claudian]() - [Communion of the Apostles \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()