# Studies of Arms and Hands \(recto\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MICHELANGELO Buonarroti]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Red chalk, pen and brown ink, 284 x 207 mm ## Commentary Studies of Arms and Hands \(recto\) c. 1513 Red chalk, pen and brown ink, 284 x 207 mm Teylers Museum, Haarlem These drawings and the anatomical studies on the verso of the sheet are evidence of Michelangelo's interest in human anatomy. These studies are related to the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/giulio\_2/slave.html'\)" href="/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/giulio\_2/slave.html">Dying Slave,</a> a statue intended for the tomb of Pope Julius II. ## 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]()