Nude warrior, seen from the rear

XVI century. Pencil, Grey-brown ink on yellow paper.
Not on display

This drawing seems to reflect the sort of diagrammatic pen drawing of human anatomy that Michelangelo sometimes made at the beginning of his career, while the general conception of the figure recalls some of those found in the artist´s famous Battle of Cascina composition.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Chicago, Art Services International, 2008, p.317

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Inventory number: D001739
Author: Anonymous (Workshop of: Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti))
Title: Nude warrior, seen from the rear
Date: XVI century
Technique: Pencil; Grey-brown ink
Support: Yellow paper
Dimension: Height: 225 mm; Width: 120 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931
Entry date: 1931

Bibliography +

Turner, Nicholas y Joannides, Paul, Some drawings by Michelangelo and his circle in the Prado, Boletín del Museo del Prado, XXI, 2003, pp. 16.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos. Dibujos italianos del siglo XVI (por Nicholas Turner, con la colaboración de José Manuel Matilla), V, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2004, pp. 317.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Chicago, 2008, pp. 317.

Other inventories +

Inv. Legado Pedro Fernández Durán, 1931. Núm. 2022.

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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