Mid 20th Century Framed Michelangelo Studio Di Testa Femminile From Disegni Study of the Head of Leda Print

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The professionally framed print is housed under glass in a gorgeous ornate vintage frame.

The original drawing of this print … Read more The professionally framed print is housed under glass in a gorgeous ornate vintage frame.

The original drawing of this print is unanimously recognized as one of the most beautiful and important pieces of Michelangelo's graphic production .

The bowed head, portrayed in profile, recalls the position of the Night of the New Sacristy , and has a splendid certainty of sign made vibrant by the evident shooting from life: Wilde was the first, followed by most scholars, to suppose that the model was Antonio Mini , student of the artist. It will be useless to recall the frequency in those times of male models for images of women; instead, it should be underlined how the sketch, at the bottom left, of the detail of the nose and the eye, with long feminine eyelashes, softens the already very nuanced and thoughtful features of her profile. See less