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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
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.
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Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century — Study of An
Central Italian — Studies of the Leg of a Man and a Horse's 
Gasparo Diziani — Staande Neptunus met drietand in de rechte
Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century — Study of a Standing
Cavaliere d'Arpino (Giuseppe Cesari) — Study after the Belve
Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century — The Dead
Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) — Apollo
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564) — Study for the
Aniello Falcone — Male Nude with Left Arm Upraised, and a Fu
Giovanni Battista Naldini — Samson Slaying the Philistine, a
Baccio Bandinelli (Italian, 1493–1560) — Seated Male Nude
Michelangelo Buonarroti — Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (rect
