In the late 15th century, a stunning fresco in Florence’s Brancacci Chapel—The Baptism of the Neophytes by Massacio—attracted worshippers and aspiring artists alike. Among them was the young Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), who made several studies of the fresco. One of them focused on the kneeling figure, whom he depicted standing and naked. That sketch is Michelangelo’s first known nude and it started an obsessive quest for anatomical perfection in his figures. This exhibition is about the emergence of the human nude in art, and it includes works by Michelangelo, Dürer, Rembrandt, Raffael, Rubens, Klimt, Schiele, and others. —Elena Clavarino