Object number
UAC/10545
Title
Studies of a Seated Male Nude and Two Arms (recto); Studies of an Ox, Seated couple, Three Standing Male Nudes and the Arm of a Human Skeleton (verso),
Exhibition
Creator
Description
Sheet of Studies with Seated Male Nude and Two Arms; (verso) An Ox, Seated Couple, Three Standing Male Nudes and an Anatomized Arm.
Physical description
black chalk and sepia ink on paper
Label Text
<p>Bertoia was a talented and fluent draughtsman influenced by some of the most famous artists of the High Renaissance. This sheet of drawings is a working brainstorm that brings together different subjects and styles. In the arm studies, which appear to be drawn from life, soft chalk conveys volume and shadow. Precise pen and ink articulate the exaggerated forms of the central twisted figure. The pose echoes Michelangelo’s Libyan Sibyl in the celebrated Sistine Chapel Ceiling.</p>
Production date
1544 - 1574
School/style
Italian School
Object name
Material
Technique
Dimensions
- Height 35 cm
- Width 27.1 cm
Credit line
The University of Reading Art Collection
