1490
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Untitled is a 1490 by Michelangelo, a Renaissance work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a muscular man sitting on a rocky ledge with two lions at his feet. He’s shirtless, pointing upward with one hand while resting the other on his knee. Behind him, trees and a small village sit on a hillside. The artist used sharp lines and shading to make the muscles and rocks look three-dimensional. The lions seem calm, almost like pets, which is unusual for the time. Next, check out Renaissance art to see how artists like this one mixed strength and nature.
The work is an untitled drawing by Michelangelo from around 1490, depicting a group of three figures known as *Les Grimpeurs* from his Pisa cartoon. The background landscape closely follows a print by Lucas van Leyden titled *Sergius and Mahomet*, with minor variations. Executed in print on paper, the drawing reflects Michelangelo's study of human figures and borrowed landscape elements.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance.
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