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Ascending Male Nude by Michelangelo Buonarroti — VisualArtsDB

Ascending Male Nude

Ascending Male Nude

Michelangelo Buonarroti

1500–1899

Medium: Graphite on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 26.3 × 14.5 cm (10 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
Genre: graphite
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)graphiteprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)

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