Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Female Nude
Alternate Title:
Nudo femminile
Image View:
Overall view from the front left, showing twist of the body
Creator:
possibly by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian , 1475-1564)
Location:
repository: Casa Buonarroti (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) inv. 193
Location Note:
Via Ghibellina 70
GPS:
43.769903 11.263758
Date:
ca. 1533 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance
Work Type 1:
maquette (sculpture)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
unglazed terracotta
Technique:
modeling (forming)
Subjects:
human figure
Description:
The Casa Buonarroti features a "Models" room; but it is doubtful that most are actually autograph pieces by Michangelo. Some of the small and very rough maquettes (bozzetti) in clay or wax have been cast in bronze.
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-MB-CB-FN-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Female Nude