Recto Combat of five men

The composition centers on a man standing over a fallen opponent, raising a staff to deliver a blow while pinning the other man with his foot. In the background, three additional figures are sketched in various dynamic poses, illustrating intense physical exertion. The artist uses red chalk to meticulously render muscular tension and anatomical precision through delicate hatching and modeling.

This drawing reflects the High Renaissance focus on the human body as an expressive vehicle for 'affetti'—the external manifestation of internal passions. It exemplifies the artist's use of 'disegno' to explore the Neoplatonic ideal of the human form as a microcosm of universal struggle and order, a technique central to his work in the Vatican Stanze.