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ANTONIO DURELLI Linear perfection This is a red chalk drawing of extraordinary Red Chalk and Pencil Drawing of ANATOMIES
Little is k n o w n of this Milanese painter and accomplishment. It is hard to think of a more difficult medium the Muscles of the Head and Neck
engraver w h o came from a family of artists, Durelli's with which to achieve such linear perfection. Stylized parallel 1837
experience as an engraver is reflected in his stylized lines are reminiscent of engravings, and it is likely that this
drawing of muscle fibers, which, when contracted, drawing was intended for reproduction as a print. Pencil 173/8 x 145/8 in ( 4 4 0 x 3 7 2 m m )
pull their points of attachment toward each other numbers refer to the list of muscles written beneath. A N T O N I O DURELLI