The Drawings of Michelangelo and His Followers in the Ashmolean Museum

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CATALOGUES 11–12 WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY AUTOGRAPH SHEETS 105

closer to final form, but with the left leg still raised above

the right. The study F was made for a figure intended to

be seen in relation toIonas.).

CATALOGUE 12

Recto: Sketches for Parts of the Sistine Ceiling and the

Lunettes

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

Lunettes

184 6. 48 ;R. 24. 4 ;P.II 302 ; Corpus 169

Dimensions: 140 × 142 mm; a strip some 4 mm wide

made up at the left edge

Medium

Pen and ink.

Condition

Anarrow additional strip is adhered along the length

of the left edge, with its left edge cut. There are three

pressed-out vertical folds with associated ingrained dirt;

there is skinning, a small hole, and edge abrasion. Uneven

discolouration, local staining, and embedded dirt are vis-

ible, with a show-through of ink.

Description/Discussion

Recto

A.The torso of a seated man in right profile, leaning

forward, his head turned inwards supported on his hand

upon his knee.

Another study for the right-hand figure in theRoboam-Abias

lunette; developed from 9 recto B.

B.The legs of a seated man, in right profile.

A study for the legs of the right-hand figure inSalmon-Booz-

Obethlunette, developed from Cat. 10 recto D.