The Young David Playing the Harp, Michelangelo Anselmi, ca. 1548–50

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The Young David Playing the Harp, ca. 1548–50, Black chalk, brush and gray wash, on blue paper, squared in pen and brown ink, 15-3/16 x 5-9/16 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Michelangelo Anselmi (Italian, Siena or Lucca (?) 1492–1556 Parma), Delicately rendered in black chalk, this drawing constitutes a study for the figure of the Young David playing the harp frescoed by Michelangelo Anselmi in monochrome on the entrance arch of the western apse of the church of Santa Maria della Steccata in Parma

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