A male nude, seen from behind (recto); Studies of male nudes (verso) by Michelangelo Buonarroti sold for £3,177,250 at the Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale in London. Drawn at a pivotal point of the artist’s career, this preparatory study is one of only 24 sheets related to his seminal, prestigious and lost commission of The Battle of Cascina.
6 July 2011