The Drawings of Michelangelo and His Followers in the Ashmolean Museum

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CATALOGUES 27–28 WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY AUTOGRAPH SHEETS 15 7

this and other drawings like [Cat. 26 ]were made.”).

Weinberger, 1967 ,pp.31 2– 13 (Recto: preparatory for

Day,fromwhich it differs considerably in detail. Verso:

studies for right arm ofNight.). Hartt, 1971 ,no. 228

(Recto:15 2 0– 1 .ForDay. “The transparency of these

forms may indicate that the definitive pose was dawning

on Michelangelo as he drew.”); no. 293 (Verso:15 2 7?.

For the right arm ofVictory, rather than theNight.).

Gere and Turner, 1975 ,no. 61 (Recto: forDay.Verso:

for right arm ofNight.). De Tolnay, 1975 , Corpus I,

no. 213 (Recto: study forDay,15 2 4.Verso: for the right

arm ofNight,15 2 4– 6 ). Hirst, 1988 ,pp. 62 – 3 (Recto:

early study forDay, “concerned with the anatomical

implications of the general disposition only. The model

has been studied from a significantly further viewpoint

than...[Haarlem A 33 /VT 58 /Corpus 218 ]. This and a

fugitive notation of scale may indicate that Michelan-

gelo was occupied here also with calculating the height

of the block.” TheDaynot cut from an ad hoc block.

The drawing shows link of Michelangelo’s drawing and

carving practice “it is the main form only which is his

real concern. The neglect of the head in the...drawing

finds its parallel in the inchoate state of the head in the

unfinished statue.” Verso: for right arm ofNight. “[O]ne

upper left...taken furthest, yet this is a view that the

visitor to the Chapel would never see.”). Hirst, 1988 – 9 ,

no. 29 (Verso: “in the lower left study...a long strand

of hair falls over the right shoulder” of a female model.).

Per rig, 1991 ,p. 23 , fig. 89 (Recto: by Giulio Clovio.).

Per rig, 1999 ,pp. 224 (As 1991 ;from Farnese group.).

CATALOGUE 28

Recto: A Dragon

Ve r so: Various Sketches

184 6. 69 ;R. 13 ;P.II 323 ; Corpus 96

Dimensions: 254 × 338 mm

Medium

Recto: Pen and ink over establishing lines in black chalk;

red chalk.

Ve r so: Red and black chalk.