Studies of the Leg of a Man and a Horse's Head (recto); sketches of the back of a man's left shoulder and a chained (?) figure.

Central Italian

second quarter 16th century · Pen and brown ink (the horse's head in a different pen and brown ink), brush and wash in two shades of brown (recto); red chalk and pencil (verso) · Robert Lehman Collection

The detailed explorations of the muscular structure of the human leg, seen from varying points of view in this sheet, attest to the importance of anatomical studies during the Renaissance. In order to better understand the human form, artists such as Leonardo and Michelangelo carried out dissections. The unrelated annotations of accounting information in the right margin were written by a later hand.

Artist

Central Italian

Date

second quarter 16th century

Medium

Pen and brown ink (the horse's head in a different pen and brown ink), brush and wash in two shades of brown (recto); red chalk and pencil (verso)

Culture

Central Italian

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975