Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Female Nude

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Female Nude
Alternate Title: 
Nudo femminile
Image View: 
Detail, feet disappearing into clay base
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-A05
Rights: 
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