The Drawings of Michelangelo and His Followers in the Ashmolean Museum

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wasnodoubt drawn after B. In widening the side bays,

Michelangelo no doubt intended to produce a more ver-

tical alignment of sarcophagi and statues.

B.Athree-bay double tomb, in elevation with the central

bay containing two stories and the side bays containing

three, on a common base against which are situated two

sarcophagi without surmounting effigies. Two figures are

indicated in the upper two stories of the left-hand bay;

one, corresponding to the upper one on the left, is in

the right-hand bay. The central bay is surmounted by a

rectangular panel, perhaps intended to carry an inscrip-

tion. The central and side bays are framed by what seem

to be partially inset columns. This drawing makes it clear

that all the other drawings on this page represent only the

upper parts of double-wall tombs, omitting the common

base and sarcophagi.

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C.Aplan of A at base level.

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D. Arevised plan of the left-hand bay of A and C at a

higher level.

E.Aplan of B, probably at base level.

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F. An incomplete rectangle, no doubt the beginning of a

plan

G.The left and central bays of a three-bay structure with

acontinuous cornice and an attic storey. The side attic

bay seems to be articulated with an incomplete roundel,

or oval, and it may be that Michelangelo has also sketched

asegmental pediment here.

H.The left-hand and central bay of a three-bay struc-

ture, in plan, with each bay framed by two columns set

one behind the other. The left-hand bay shows a pilaster

deep enough as to qualify as an attached pillar protruding

between the two columns so as partly to conceal the rear

column.

I.Athree-bay structure in plan, with each bay framed by

two columns set in depth. Unlike H, the columns are not

separated. The outer bays show that each column faces a

pilaster deep enough to qualify as an attached pillar.

J.Asection of a base with a column.

With the left edge of the sheet as the base

K.The left-hand and central bays of a three-bay struc-

ture. The side bays seem to contain a base, a rectangular