The half-naked male figure rests on the book with the right hand against his leg, in the left he has a long staff leaning against his shoulder and around which he has struck the right foot. The drawing is a preliminary study for a painting for the pilaster to the right of the altar in the church of Or San Michele (Florence?), to be completed before 1510, Study for a reading apostle or evangelist, stuck in a frame with putti with cartouches and women's figures with festoons., draughtsman: Lorenzo di Credi, draughtsman: Francesco Salviati, (attributed to), c. 1470 - c. 1537 and/or c. 1520 - c

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