http://www.artnews.com/2013/04/10/behind-michelangelos-cleopatra/
This article discusses a "hideous drawing" that Michelangelo, where the woman has buck teeth, gaping mouth, cross-eyed, possibly could have drawn it centuries ago. It is later revealed that the back of it has a beautifully drawn Cleopatra with a snake encircling her neck which is why they accepted it in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Michelangelo gave it to his new friend and admirer, Tommaso de' Cavalieri, in 1532. Many connoisseurs rejected this work because it was too hideous to be his work and thought it to be Cavalieri's work. They explained that back then, the student would draw something and Michelangelo would show his pupil what it should like. I liked that Michelangelo did it the opposite of what people were doing, in this way he showed ugliness in good light by having it on the recto side. The historians believe that M.A. might have gotten inspiration for the Cleopatra from all the places Cavalieri and him went together. I thought it was good that they showed the possibilities of influences during that period.
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