Michelangelo was a great artist and i discovered this image online. The reason i find this piece interesting is the figure depicting a woman is very masculine and shows a defined physic more characteristic of an idealized male anatomy as opposed to a female anatomy . It is believed that he used male models as source material for his work.
`Her muscular body reflects Michelangelo’s habit of working from a male model even for his female nudes. In fact, several of the artist’s sketches for Night, using a male model, are still preserved.’ (Ruehring , L M.)
