Signorelli, "Madonna col bambino tra ignudi" (1490), tempera su tavola -- Galleria degli Uffizi -- Nudes in the Foreground

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Madonna col Bambino tra ignudi, 1490, tempera su tavola, 170 × 117,5 cm., Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze.

Michelangelo's nudes in the foreground are compared to those in the background to

LUCA SIGNORELLI,

"Virgin Child and Child -- with Male Nudes"
(1489).

Signorelli also palced nudes behind a statue of St. Christopher in the Bichi altarpiece.