Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Virile Torso

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Virile Torso
Image View: 
Overall view from front, right
Creator: 
possibly by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian , 1475-1564)
Location: 
repository: Casa Buonarroti (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note: 
Via Ghibellina 70
GPS: 
+43.769903+11.263758
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Renaissance
Work Type 1: 
maquette (sculpture)
Classification: 
Sculpture and Installations
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-TV-A02
Rights: 
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