The muscles of the left leg, seen from the front, and the bones and muscles of the right leg seen in right profile, and between them, a patella. Drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti,

Michelangelo Buonarroti

What you practise here

Artistic anatomy: muscle masses and insertions

Follow the origin and insertion of each muscle group: what matters is the direction of the form, not the outline.

Public-domain artwork from a museum collection, reproduced for study. 100% real art — 0% AI.

Other artworks to study

Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso) Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso) Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto); Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso) Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto) Anatomical Studies of a Leg (recto); Study of a Leg (verso) Ascending Male Nude