The Drawings of Michelangelo and His Followers in the Ashmolean Museum

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CATALOGUES 15–16 WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY AUTOGRAPH SHEETS 115

from this sketchbook. “[S]triking resemblance...” to

figure of Melpomene from a muse sarcophagus in the

Louvre.). Hirst, 1988 ,p. 36 (Verso: follows from [ 13

versoE,F]for woman inNaason lunette; “the self-

contemplative pose has been established and the mirror

already included.”).

CATALOGUE 16

Recto: Sketch for the Left-Hand Figure in theAbraam-

Isaac-Iacob-IudasLunette

Ve r so: Sketches for the Sistine Lunettes?

184 6. 52 ;R. 25. 4 ;P.II 306 ; Corpus 173

Dimensions: 140 × 145 mm

Medium

Soft black chalk and pen.

Condition

There is a repaired tear, skinning with some repair, abra-

sion, two small punctures, some edge creasing, and fibrous

accretions. The sheet displays uneven discolouration,

local staining, foxing, ingrained surface dirt, and medium

offset.

Description/Discussion

Recto

A.Anude male seated, turning to his left to study a book;

his left leg sketched again in abbreviated form further to

his left.

A study for the figure at the left of theAbraaham-Iacob-

Iudaslunette, executed draped in the fresco.