Cleveland Museum of Art
Sketches of Five Arms and a Head (verso)
Luzio Romano
- Date
- mid 1500s
- Medium
- pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, and charcoal underdrawing
- Culture
- Italy, 16th century
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Luzio Romano’s drawing of arms and a head were made from a flayed body (a cadaver with its skin removed). The triangle placed over the facial profile points to the Renaissance artist’s interest in geometry and to the idea that the human body is the primary model of perfect proportions.
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