Male Back with a Flag

Male Back With a Flag
German: Studie zu dem eine Lanze tragenden Soldaten des geplanten Wandgemäldes "Schlacht von Cascina"
Medium	chalk drawing
Dimensions	19.6 cm× 27 cm(7.7 in× 11 in)
Location	Albertina, Vienna

Male Back With a Flag is a chalk drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti, from 1504.

Description

The 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

It was a study for the planned fresco Battle of Cascina . ^[2]

See also

• List of works by Michelangelo

References

1. "Male Back With a Flag". www.europeana.eu. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
2. "Männlicher Rückenakt (Studie zu dem eine Lanze tragenden Soldaten des geplanten Wandgemäldes "Schlacht von Cascina")". Albertina.

Sources

• Eugène Müntz (17 January 2012). Michelangelo. Parkstone International. pp. 207–. ISBN   978-1-78310-023-1.
• Ludwig Goldscheider, ed. (1951). Drawings. Phaidon Press.

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