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Anatomical Studies of a Leg (recto); Study of a Leg (verso)

School of Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian
1475–1564
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Anatomical Studies of a Leg (recto); Study of a Leg (verso)
  • Artist: School of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome)
  • Date: 1475–1564
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, and red chalk (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)
  • Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 5 3/16 in. (17.1 x 13.2 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Herbert N. Straus, 1921
  • Object Number: 21.15.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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