Male Figure Study, with Slight Sketch of Seated Figure

Provenance

Dr. Ridley, Croydon, England; sold, Sotheby's, London, April 2, 1912, part of lot 216, as 'Study of leg by Michelangelo, to William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 5308), recto, lower right, in black]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso, center, in black].

Male Figure Study, with Slight Sketch of Seated Figure

Follower of Michelangelo Buonarroti

1540/50

Accession Number

81690

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

26.9 × 19.1 cm (10 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.)

Classification

pen and ink drawings

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection