# Male Nude, Seen from the Right \(recto\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MICHELANGELO Buonarroti]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Black chalk, heightened with white, 405 x 225 mm ## Commentary Male Nude, Seen from the Right \(recto\) c. 1504 Black chalk, heightened with white, 405 x 225 mm Teylers Museum, Haarlem The recto of this sheet contains a study of a soldier fastening his comrade's armour at the shoulder. This drawing is among the most famous drafts for the Battle of Cascina. It bears close resemblance to the figure in the right half of the final cartoon. The verso of the sheet represents a compositional sketch for the depiction of Judith and Holofernes. ## 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]()