Seated Male Nude

This red chalk drawing of a Seated Male Nude on ivory laid paper is a study after Michelangelo, continuing the tradition of academic figure study that used the Renaissance master's works as models. The seated figure is rendered with careful attention to anatomy and the fall of light across the body, the red chalk medium allowing for the subtle modeling of the figure's musculature.

Studies after Michelangelo's figures were essential to academic training, transmitting his understanding of human anatomy to later generations.

This red chalk seated nude study demonstrates the continuing tradition of figure drawing inspired by Michelangelo.