The Drawings of Michelangelo and His Followers in the Ashmolean Museum

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216 WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY AUTOGRAPH SHEETS CATALOGUE 43

CATALOGUE 43

Recto: Study for the Crucifixion of Saint Peter

Verso: Studies of Legs (laid down; formerly visible

through the backing)

184 6. 77 ;R. 77 ;P.II 331 ;Corpus 383

Dimensions:15 0× 105 mm. The lower edge has been

torn raggedly and made up.

Medium

Black chalk.

Condition

Small punctures are infilled and retouched; there is

another toned patch. The sheet is unevenly discoloured.

Discussion

Adifficult page of drawings and not fully typical of

Michelangelo’s work in its rather precise definition of

the musculature and somewhat stringy figure-type. How-

ever, while admitting an element of doubt, the com-

piler is inclined to think the drawings autograph, as quick

sketches from the model. The only other name proposed,

that of Daniele da Volterra, is clearly untenable: His small

black chalk figure sketches are very different in handling.