# Study Models of Parts of the Body

- By: Johan Gregor van der Schardt (Nijmegen, 1530–ca.)
- Date: c. 1560 - c. 1570
- Medium: terracotta (clay material)
- Classification: model
- Dimensions: height 7.8 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Frits en Phine Verhaaff Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and Mr William Middendorf II, Little Compton
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-2013-9-9--94c562a8939e7cfc4069c1a37e0dc291)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/owrAM/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This group of small models of parts of the body are carefully copied after famous sculptures, in particular by Michelangelo, in Florence and Rome. They came from the workshop of the Nijmegen sculptor Johan Gregor van der Schardt, who had a successful career in Italy, Nuremberg, and Copenhagen. They are extremely rare examples of the, in part autograph, study material of a 16th-century sculptor.