Bacchus (recto); Architectural Sketches (verso)
Medium
Black chalk and graphite, heightened with touches of white chalk (recto) and black and red chalk (verso) on ivory laid paper prepared with a green wash
Dimensions
33.5 × 21.9 cm (13 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
123545
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...