The Drawings of Michelangelo and His Followers in the Ashmolean Museum

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15 4 WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY AUTOGRAPH SHEETS CATALOGUES 26–27

15 4 9(As 1903 / 1938 .). Barocchi, 1962 ,p. 97 ,under no. 76

(Michelangelo, linked with Uffizi187 19F/B 76 /Corpus

210 and Teyler Museum A 33 /VT 58 /Corpus 218 ,

A 30 /VT 56 /Corpus 216 and A 36 /VT 57 /Corpus 215 .).

Goldscheider, 1965 ,no. 63 (As 1951 .Verso: some

unimportant sketches.”). Weinberger, 1967 ,pp.31 2–

13 (Connected with Day but “done with a coarser

stroke than...[Cat. 27 ]....Perhaps...a partial copy of

the statue.” This and Haarlem A. 30 /VT 56 /Corpus 216

“in the late seventeenth–early eighteenth century were

owned by the same collector, as the writing reveals.”).

Hartt, 1971 ,no. 227 (15 2 0– 1 .ForDay. “The muscles are

indicated in a new and unconventional technique. Broad

patches of very rough hatching are often quickly wiped

with the thumb or a finger to produce a system of flick-

ering tones.”). Gere and Turner, 1975 ,no. 60 (ForDay.).

De Tolnay, 1975 , Corpus I, no. 212 (Study forDay.).

Guazzoni, 1984 , pl. 81 (Study forDay.). O’Grody, 1999 ,

p. 149 (“[P]robably forDay.”).

CATALOGUE 27

Recto: A Recumbent Male Figure in Profile to Right

Ve r so: Four Studies of a Bent Right Arm from Different

Angles

184 6. 55 ;R. 6 ;P.II 309 ;Corpus 213

Dimensions: 258 × 332 mm

Watermark: Robinson Appendix no. 1. Roberts Eagle C.

Medium

Recto: Black chalk, some stylus indications.

Ve r so: Red chalk, one of the arms over black chalk.

Condition

There are many pulp imperfections, major tear repairs

with associated ingrained dirt, skinning, and score marks.