# Archers Shooting at a Herm \(recto\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MICHELANGELO Buonarroti]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Red chalk, 219 x 323 mm ## Commentary Archers Shooting at a Herm \(recto\) c. 1530 Red chalk, 219 x 323 mm Royal Collection, Windsor The red chalk drawing on the recto of this sheet depicts a group of nude figures which appear as archers aiming at a herm in the guise of a youth. Strangely, the bows are not depicted in the drawing. The drawing can be interpreted as an allegory. The verso contains several notes from which it can be derived that the Archers belongs to Michelangelo's presentation drawings. ## Related artworks - [A Man Lifting a Boar onto his Shoulder \(verso\)]() - [Abraham - Isaac - Jacob - Judah]() - [Achim - Eliud \(detail\)]() - [Achim - Eliud \(detail\)]() - [Achim - Eliud]() - [Aeneas with a Boy \(recto\)]() - [Allegorical figure]() - [Amminadab \(detail\)]() - [Amminadab \(detail\)]() - [Amminadab]() - [Ancestors of Christ: figures \(detail\)]() - [Ancestors of Christ: figures \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()