Male Back With a Flag is a chalk drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti, from 1504.
| Male Back With a Flag | |
|---|---|
| German: Studie zu dem eine Lanze tragenden Soldaten des geplanten Wandgemäldes "Schlacht von Cascina" | |
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| Medium | chalk drawing |
| Dimensions | 19.6 cm × 27 cm (7.7 in × 11 in) |
| Location | Albertina, Vienna |
Description
editThe painting is a drawing on paper, with dimensions of 19.6 x 27 centimeters. It is in the collection of the Albertina, Vienna.[1]
Analysis
editIt was a study for the planned fresco Battle of Cascina.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Male Back With a Flag". www.europeana.eu. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
- ^ "Männlicher Rückenakt (Studie zu dem eine Lanze tragenden Soldaten des geplanten Wandgemäldes "Schlacht von Cascina")". Albertina.
Sources
edit- Eugène Müntz (17 January 2012). Michelangelo. Parkstone International. pp. 207–. ISBN 978-1-78310-023-1.
- Ludwig Goldscheider, ed. (1951). Drawings. Phaidon Press.