Early drawings

COMMENTARY

In his early drawings Michelangelo copied with minor alterations figures from the works of the older Florentine masters, Giotto and Masaccio. These are large pen-and-ink drawings that occupy an entire sheet. In them Michelangelo not only uses a fine technique of densely spaced hatching but also limits himself to a few cursorily drawn lines when he only wants to suggest the figures in a rough manner.

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  title        = {Early drawings (selection)},
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  date         = {2026-09-09},
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Early drawings

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SELECTED WORKS

Two Male Figures after Giotto (recto)

Male Figure after Masaccio, Arm Studies (recto)

Three Standing Men (recto)

Kneeling Man (verso)

St Jerome

Study of a Mourning Woman

One Kneeling and Two Standing Figures (recto)

Two Standing Figures in Profile (verso)

Woman Hoeing and Sitting Man (recto)

Head of a Satyr

Kneeling Female Nude in Profile (recto)

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