Left Hand of Moses
Michelangelo Buonarroti · 1725/30 · Red chalk counterproof, with traces of brown chalk, on cream laid paper
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Left Hand of Moses is a public-domain drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti, dated 1725/30. Red chalk counterproof, with traces of brown chalk, on cream laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Left Hand of Moses” (1725/30) 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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