The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Study of a Flayed Torso (verso)
1554
(Italian, active about 1550–80)
Sheet: 40.5 x 27.6 cm (15 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
L. E. Holden Fund 1975.26.b
Location: not on view
Description
In order to understand the movement of the human form, Michelangelo was known to have studied flayed bodies (cadavers with their skin removed) and in fact made several drawings of them. Bartolommeo da Arezzo—a follower of Michelangelo working a generation after the master—became obsessed with studying corpses, even stealing them from local graveyards. On one side of this sheet (verso), he drew a flayed torso.- Peters, Emily. “Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 59, no. 5 (September/October 2019): 8-9. Reproduced: P. 9; Mentioned: P. 8.
- Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 2019-February 23, 2020).
- {{cite web|title=Study of a Flayed Torso (verso)|url=false|author=Bartolommeo da Arezzo|year=1554|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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