The Drawings of Michelangelo and His Followers in the Ashmolean Museum

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CATALOGUES 10–11 WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY AUTOGRAPH SHEETS 101

andJoramand his mother [lower right].). Gere and Turner,

1975 ,no. 25 (Recto.). De Tolnay, 1975 , Corpus I, no. 167

(Recto: [D, A, B] for figure on right ofSalmon-Booz-

Obethlunette; [C] forAminadab.Verso: [A, D] for figure

at right ofRoboam-Abiaslunette also studied on [Cat. 9

recto, B] and [Cat. 12 recto A]; [E] for woman at left in the

Salmon-Booz-Obethlunette; [C] perhaps for bronze nude

aboveSalmon-Booz-Obethsevery; [F] perhaps for theSpirit

Moving over the Waters; [B] for a Prophet.). Hirst, 1986 a,

pp. 214 , 215 – 16 (Recto: [D] for figure on right ofSalmon-

Booz-Obethlunette, developed from [Cat. 13 ,recto H],

but “now in the direction of the painted figure.” On

both the recto and verso of the present sheet, Michelan-

gelo elaborates on a larger scale motifs first sketched in

small. On the recto [A, B] develop [D]; on the verso [A]

develops [C]; Michelangelo returns to this design on [Cat.

12 recto A]. The larger studies probably made from life

and the contrast between these and the smaller sketches,

which show the figures clothed “is particularly striking

on” the verso of the present sheet.). Hirst, 1988 ,p. 36

(Recto: [A, B, D] life studies for bent “pilgrim” on right

ofSalmon-Booz-Obethlunette. Verso: [D] for slumped

woman at right ofRoboam-Abiaslunette drawn first, then

studied nude in [A]; Michelangelo returns to this motif

[in Cat. 12 recto A].).

CATALOGUE 11

Recto: Sketches for Parts of the Sistine Ceiling and

Lunettes

Ve r so: Sketches for Parts of the Sistine Ceiling and

Lunettes

184 6. 47 ;R. 24. 3 ;P.II 301 ; Corpus 168

Dimensions: 140 × 142 mm