Moses
Michelangelo Buonarroti · 1700s · Red chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray wove paper
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Moses is a public-domain drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti, dated 1700s. Red chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray wove paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Moses” (1700s) is most often a study of the body, made toward a sculpture or toward the Sistine ceiling rather than as a finished easel picture.
About the artist
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) was a Florentine sculptor, painter, and architect. The drawings are often studies of the body for sculpture or for the Sistine ceiling.
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