Anatomical Study of a Knee
Michelangelo Buonarroti
1475–1564
Medium
Pen and brown ink
Dimensions
4 1/2 x 3 7/16in. (11.4 x 8.8cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Herbert N. Straus, 1921
Accession Number
21.15.2
Tags
Legs
About the Artist
Michelangelo Buonarroti · 1475–1564
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564) stands as the quintessential figure of the Italian High Renaissance, a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet whose mastery across disciplines embodied the era's humanist ideals. Born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese within the Republic of Florence to a modest family—his father, Lodovico di Buonarroti Simoni, served as a minor magistrate—Michelang...